Importing contacts from Windows Contacts folder from Outlook Express

11 Jul
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Importing contacts from Windows Contacts folder

http://www.msoutlook.info/question/382

First open up Outlook express on the old computer, then address book, export address book to wab file, copy to the new computer and double click on it and it will import the contacts into the windows 7 contact folder.

In Windows Vista and Windows 7 there is a Contacts folder in your user directory. When using WIndows Vista, I used Windows Mail and the contacts that I created were stored in that Contacts folder. Now I’m on Windows 7 and I want to use Outlook.

How do I get these contacts from the Contacts folder of Windows into the Contacts folder of Outlook?

This one is indeed not that obvious at first, but luckily the importing process of the Windows Contacts folder is compatible with the Windows Mail import feature that Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 have. If you are using Outlook 2003, you’ll have to export the Contacts folder to a csv-file first and import that in Outlook.

Using Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010

Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 have native support for importing from the Windows Contacts folder.

  1. Start the Import and Export Wizard;
    • Outlook 2007
      File-> Import and Export…
    • Outlook 2010
      File-> Open-> Import
  2. In the Import and Export Wizard dialog choose;
    Import Internet Mail and Addresses
  3. Click Next.
  4. Set your selection to; Outlook Express 4.x, 5.x, 6.x or Windows Mail
  5. At the bottom set your selection to “Import Address book” only.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Select how you want the import wizard to treat duplicate items.
  8. Click Finish
  9. The import process will now start and you’ll get a Import Summary dialog which you can close by pressing OK.