Solved Outlook Express/Windows Live Mail W7 Upgrade?

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I have an XP computer which I want to upgrade to W7, so I have run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. Outlook Express is then no longer available but if I open Outlook Express then I get Windows Live Mail. So can I upgrade to W7 without problems and use Windows Live mail? And does anyone know a way to import that mail and the rest like contactperson to anther e-mail?
 

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Your best bet before you update is to download and install windows live mail. You pick up windows live essentials 2012 and check off wlm. Once it installs it will take everything out of outlook express and put it in wlm
If you make a live account all your contacts will sync in the cloud
Now you backup windows live mail and put it on a flas
Then you install wlm it on windows 7
Import the backup and you are good to go
You might have to reconfigue if you have a pop account but when you sign into wlm all your contacts will be there
 

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I was on my ipad so I could not send you this file but here is how to do the backup
 

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robinb9 said:
Your best bet before you update is to download and install windows live mail. You pick up windows live essentials 2012 and check off wlm. Once it installs it will take everything out of outlook express and put it in wlm
If you make a live account all your contacts will sync in the cloud
Now you backup windows live mail and put it on a flas
Then you install wlm it on windows 7
Import the backup and you are good to go
You might have to reconfigue if you have a pop account but when you sign into wlm all your contacts will be there
Click to expand...
I already have updating to W7 and use the Windows Easy Transfer to backup my data. I have an folder called Windows.old and in that folder also is the Outlook Express folder. On W7 I have installed the Windows Live Mail (essentials 2012), Can I use some data from the Outlook Express folder or is it fatal because I made any backup? And the user don't know if he has a password and was everytime logged in already?
 

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I do not know if you can use what is in the outlook express folder because WLM does not accept wab files
Maybe someone else here can tell you
 

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robinb9 said:
I do not know if you can use what is in the outlook express folder because WLM does not accept wab files
Maybe someone else here can tell you
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No I don't think there is anything, it was stupid of me to not make any backup. Now we have to recover the password and then logon to the new Windows Live Mail (2012)
 

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WLM has recently been re-branded as www.outlook.com with lots of usability improvements, you may want to look at that if you have to rebuild your email online
 

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Barman58 said:
WLM has recently been re-branded as www.outlook.com with lots of usability improvements, you may want to look at that if you have to rebuild your email online
Click to expand...
They have an email address from the provider so logon to webmail is via them site.
 

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I can´t login with the mail of the provider (@home.nl) on Windows Live Mail 2012? And on Outlook Express/Windows live mail well?
 

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Donbrasi said:
I can´t login with the mail of the provider (@home.nl) on Windows Live Mail 2012? And on Outlook Express/Windows live mail well?
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whynot? have you put in the correct settings?

How did you set Windows Live Mail up with?
to log into WLM you need a Live account or an outlook.com account.
You cannot log in with your providers account.
you have to make the provider a secondary account

Look at the picture I have placed here.
The circled part is my login to WLM
I logged in with my live account

The Comcast account is my second account I manually set up
 

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robinb9 said:
Donbrasi said:
I can´t login with the mail of the provider (@home.nl) on Windows Live Mail 2012? And on Outlook Express/Windows live mail well?
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whynot? have you put in the correct settings?

How did you set Windows Live Mail up with?
to log into WLM you need a Live account or an outlook.com account.
You cannot log in with your providers account.
you have to make the provider a secondary account

Look at the picture I have placed here.
The circled part is my login to WLM
I logged in with my live account

The Comcast account is my second account I manually set up
Click to expand...
I don't know, see below my settings and the information of the provider setting?
 

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Its already solved, I founded the right link and used now POP.
 

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Ok glad u got it sorted out
 

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