how do I import an address book from Outlook into outlook express

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pjm

I've exported an address book and mails from MS Outlook 2000 to a cd and
transfered the file onto a new pc. The old PC is now dead. When I try to
import to outlook express it won't allow me to - the format is not listed in
the import wizard. It's in .pst format.
I can't even open it as it can't associate a program type to open it with.
All manually suggested program options fail to open it correctly.

Any suggestions?
 
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Brian Tillman

pjm said:
I've exported an address book and mails from MS Outlook 2000 to a cd
and transfered the file onto a new pc. The old PC is now dead. When
I try to import to outlook express it won't allow me to - the format
is not listed in the import wizard. It's in .pst format.
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First you have to configure Outlook on the new PC and load your data into
it. Then you can export into Outlook Express. OE can't import directly
from PSTs.
 
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

Can't be done. You should have exported to a file format the OE can read.
PST is not one of them.
Most people use a CSV format for this purpose.
 
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

Nor can OE import directly from Outlook. User must export from Outlook to a
format OE can use.
 
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

User was not asking about messages.
User was asking about Contacts.
 
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