Guide to Export Windows Live Mail into Outlook PST File

Though, on Windows Live Mail, you can send and receive emails over the Internet, you cannot compose an email until you log in. For example, you need to send an important email and the Internet in not working. You cannot even compose that email (to save in draft) in order to send it when the Internet is working again, as you are unable to log in. On the other hand, MS Outlook facilitates you compose and save emails whether the Internet is working or not.

You might be regretting on choosing Windows Live Mail as your email platform; however, regretting would not help you out, but moving to the right platform will.

You must be glad to know that you can still move to MS Outlook along with your emails and contacts. Do not believe?

 It is true that you can export Windows Live Mail to PST file, and then import this file directly into MS Outlook.

Following are the steps to move email messages in Windows Live Mail to Outlook:

• Open MS Outlook.
• Log into your Windows Live Mail.
• Click File menu, choose Export, and then select Email messages.
• Select format as Microsoft Exchange and click Next.
• Here, you get a message that says, all messages will be exported to Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange; click OK.

• Select folders option will help you select one or more email folders to export.
• Once selected, click OK and wait for export process to finish.
• When finish dialog box appears, click finish.

(Please note that duration of the process relies on number of folders containing emails you selected.)

Now, the next step is to move all your Windows Live Mail Contacts to MS Outlook. Follow the following steps for the same:

•      In Windows Live Mail, click Contacts folder, and then select Export.
•     Select comma separated values (.CSV).
•     Now, in CSV window, click browse, type a name, and choose a location to save the contacts file then Click Save.
•     Click Next, and then click Finish.
•     After the contacts are saved, open MS Outlook.
•     Navigate to Contact > File > Open < Import.
•     Choose Import from another program or file and click Next.
•     Select 'comma separated values', and then click Next.
•     Click browse to select the saved contacts file and click Open.

     (Make sure the Contacts folder is selected. If not, then select it.)

•     Click Next button, and then click finish and wait for the import process to finish.

These Import and Export processes will move you from Windows Live Mail to MS Outlook, though. However, these processes are time-consuming and require user involvement as well.

Therefore, it is recommended to Export Windows Live Mail to PST using a relative email data migration software. Such software will migrate all Windows Live Mail’s data to a PST file, which you can directly import into MS Outlook. As per opinions of MVPs, you can try StellarWindows Live Mail to PST Converter because it gives full assurance with free demo.