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Created	2009-09-13	Views	975
Modified	2009-12-22	Id	519
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The "Windows Mail" email client (WM) is only available on Windows Vista.

You may download the new Microsoft offering named "Windows Live Mail" (WLM) for use on Windows 7 (see: http://download.live.com/wlmail ).

WLM looks similar to WM but it is a completely separate program. You may transfer WM mail messages (from Vista) to WLM (on Windows 7) as follows:

1 - install Express Assist 10 (EA10) on the Vista machine

2 - make a backup copy of the WM mail folders on the Vista machine

3 - copy the backup file from step 2 to the Windows 7 machine (or to some media that can be read on the Windows 7 machine).

4 - install EA10 on the Windows 7 machine

5 - run EA10 -- click "Restore"

6 - locate the backup from step 3 and "open" it.

7 - choose restore option "Restore All Email Folders and/or Data Files"

8 - select the "Windows Mail" group (on the left)

9 - select all of the Mail folder items and the mail index data base

10 - click "Restore Now" -- the EA10 program will restore the WM mail messages

11 - start "Windows Live Mail" (WLM)

12 - go to menu "File" - "Import" - "Messages"

13 - select "Windows Mail", click "Next"

14 - the proper location will already be filled in, click "Next"

15 - select all of the mail folders you wish to import (hint: hold the control key or shift key while selecting multiple folders)

16 - finish the import

Notes:

The import process will place the WM mail folders under an "Imported Folder" in WLM . That is, the WM Inbox messages will not appear in the WLM Inbox, etc. This is not a bug in EA9. This is just how Windows Live Mail handles the import. You may re-arrange the mail folders after the import using "drag and drop".
The Windows Contacts can also be transferred to Windows Live Contacts as described in this related article.