VANITY: Need computer help with Outlook Express email

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[Repulican Donkey]

I have Windows 10 (updated from 8). If you have Office for W10 You can download Outlook for free. I did. I like Outlook because I have used it for years and I can screen out crap.

[oscar_diggs]

Try importing into Live Mail (I think that’s what it’s called) or maybe Thunderbird.

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Thunderbird is much better anyway... you’ll need to locate your .pst file on the old drive...

[Radix]

I liked Outlook Express for years because it was the simplest way to convert images and text into the HTML format which FR requires for posting. That and the hosting site for data and graphics made it all easy as pie to upload here.

Microsoft eliminated the OE from its recent versions. Comcast also stopped supporting its home web files hosting, and actually delete files, in my case many hundreds. Behold my FR profile page which was essentially destroyed by these corporate bandits.

I have not used Windows in years for all practical purposes. Comcast is currently my provider but I am working on changing that. Meanwhile, I have had about 10 computers crap out on me since 1994. The hard drives just quit. The PC designers are paid well to build in this obsolescence.

Been using IPAD for years now. Superior but quite imperfect.

Apps are available to mimic the OE Program, but in 6 years I have spent exactly zero cents on new software after the initial purchase.

Can't really beat these guys, but minimizing financial support for them helps me feel better a little.

Meanwhile, like it or not, Google is not going away. Get a GMail account, or several. It will always be there and it will always be supported. Providers and PC manufacturers may fold, but GMail is forever.

[Chickensoup]

I have Win 7 and outlook express. The PST files are a pain and I have lost material that was in them. A talented person can install your outlook and import the pst files that is what mine did.

[V K Lee]

To all who offered a suggestion as to a remedy....THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! Now it is a known fact that restoration can be done we will take the road to getting it done. Your help is most appreciated and hope to be up and running again in the next few days. Knew the freepers would have some answers :)

[stylin19a]

or you could take a flier on this:

http://runasxp.com/Thread-Outlook-Express-6-for-windows-7-8-and-10-DOWNLOAD

let us know how it all turns out.

[logi_cal869]

If the files are now on your new hard drive, then this may help

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/import-desktop-app

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/outlook-express-move-your-email-to-outlookcom#v1h=tab01

Otherwise you will have to install Outlook Express on an older PC, move your files and THEN use the Outlook.com tools to import the files to Outlook.com.

I’ve been using computers long enough that I have many files still in older formats and keep an XP machine for things such as this. Currently, I’m in search of an original MS Publisher ver. 1 copy, as I need it to convert some files into the current Publisher format.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

You COULD download and install a mail client like Mozilla Thunderbird and then use that to import everything from the Outlook files.

It will take some digging....Google searching could help...but you'll find it. Don't be afraid of Thunderbird. It is VERY much like Outlook but better...more secure.

For example:

Importing Outlook 2007 Messages

1. In Thunderbird, go to Tools > Import….
2. Choose Mail and click Next.
3. Choose Outlook and click Next to start the import process.
4. The Import Wizard will process the emails and display the results. Click Finish.