How do I convert saved Outlook Express mail messages to be useable on Windows 7?

On 10/10/2011 17:05, Mark F wrote:

How do I convert the many saved Outlook Express mail messages that
I have so that I can access them when I move to Windows 7?

I have both my main set of all of my messages in various folders
within Outlook Express (on Windows XP) and many single messages that
I saved outside of Outlook Express.

Can I move to Windows 7 and then convert the messages, or do I
have the messages to a system running Vista, convert them, and then
move to Windows 7.

You can import all your OE messages direct to Windows Live Mail on
Windows 7.
Copy the ENTIRE message store folder to a folder in your Documents on
W7, install WLM then do File-Messages-Import, choose OE and navigate to
the folder where the entire message store was copied to.
Be aware that when you do that, the imported messages are imported into
Storage Folders which are not displayed by default. You need to click on
the View Tab and then in the Layout section click on Storage Folders