Problem Impotring Adress Book - OE6-->Outlook 2003

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I'm a new, involuntary user of Outlook 2003. For years I've use OE
(currently version 6) for my email and news reader. But as I'm
migrating to Windows 7 I decided to switch my mail and address book
over to Outlook.

I plan first to import to Outlook on the same WindowsXP machine as my
OE. Then I plan to transfer the Outlook files to Outlook on my new
Windows 7 computer

I successfully imported my mail and folders. But I seem unable to
import the address book. Here’s what I've done, following the MSFT
recipe verbatim, as below:

****************************
To Import Outlook Express contacts into the Outlook Contacts folder
1. In Outlook, on the File menu, click Import and Export.
2. Under Choose an action to perform, click Import Internet Mail and
Addresses.
3. Under Select the Internet Mail application to import from, click OE
4.x, 5.x, 6.x.
4. Clear the check boxes for Import Mail and Import Rules. Only the
Import Address Book check box should be selected.
5. Click Next.
6. Select one of the following:

Replace duplicates with items imported Existing data will be
overwritten with the information in the file that is being imported.

Allow duplicates to be created Existing data will not be overwritten,
and duplicates will be added to the current Outlook folder.

Do not import duplicate items Existing data will be kept, and the
duplicate information in the file will not be copied to the current
Outlook folder.

7. Click Finish.
8. After the export is complete, click Save in Inbox if you want a
message in your Inbox that logs what was exported, or click OK.
********************************
After completion I get the following message

0 of 0 addresses imported.
0 of 0 distribution lists imported.
And nothing in the Contacts folder

Please advise
 
R

Russ Valentine

State what your Windows Address Book contains.
--
Russ Valentine
I'm a new, involuntary user of Outlook 2003. For years I've use OE
(currently version 6) for my email and news reader. But as I'm
migrating to Windows 7 I decided to switch my mail and address book
over to Outlook.

I plan first to import to Outlook on the same WindowsXP machine as my
OE. Then I plan to transfer the Outlook files to Outlook on my new
Windows 7 computer

I successfully imported my mail and folders. But I seem unable to
import the address book. Here’s what I've done, following the MSFT
recipe verbatim, as below:

****************************
To Import Outlook Express contacts into the Outlook Contacts folder
1. In Outlook, on the File menu, click Import and Export.
2. Under Choose an action to perform, click Import Internet Mail and
Addresses.
3. Under Select the Internet Mail application to import from, click OE
4.x, 5.x, 6.x.
4. Clear the check boxes for Import Mail and Import Rules. Only the
Import Address Book check box should be selected.
5. Click Next.
6. Select one of the following:

Replace duplicates with items imported Existing data will be
overwritten with the information in the file that is being imported.

Allow duplicates to be created Existing data will not be overwritten,
and duplicates will be added to the current Outlook folder.

Do not import duplicate items Existing data will be kept, and the
duplicate information in the file will not be copied to the current
Outlook folder.

7. Click Finish.
8. After the export is complete, click Save in Inbox if you want a
message in your Inbox that logs what was exported, or click OK.
********************************
After completion I get the following message

0 of 0 addresses imported.
0 of 0 distribution lists imported.
And nothing in the Contacts folder

Please advise
 

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