Step By Step Guide to Export Windows Live Mail to Outlook PST

Last Updated on Jan 28, 2021

Even though MS Outlook is one of the most widely used and best email clients among the users across the world, there are certain email clients which are widely used by a lot of users, such as Windows Live Mail. It stores user information and emails in EML files and PST file is used by MS Outlook. Hence, emails created using one program don’t sync with other client automatically. In this post, we will discuss the detailed steps to export emails to Outlook PST from Windows Live Mail.

Before starting the process to export EML to Outlook PST, it is important to ensure that Outlook is installed on your PC while creating user profile. When moving your emails to MS Outlook from Windows Live Mail, follow the given steps carefully –

• First of all, open MS Outlook.
• Next, open Windows Live Mail.
• Click on File menu in Windows Live Mail and select Export than Email Messages.
• Select Microsoft Exchange format and click Next.
• It will show the pop up saying that emails will be exported to MS Outlook or Exchange, click Ok.
• Select folders to be exported and click OK.
• Now click Finish

Keep in mind that the time required in the process varies on the number of emails to be exported.

Steps to Export Contacts to Outlook from Windows Live Mail

• Click on Contacts > Export in Windows Live Mail and Select comma separated values (CSV) files
• Click on browse and select Desktop folder on CSV export window
• 
• In the file name, type WLM Contacts and click Save
• Select the fields by pressing Next and now click Finish.
• Once the Export process is finished, close Windows Live Mail. Import contacts to MS Outlook.
• Launch MS Outlook.
• Go to Contacts > File, click on Import after selecting Open
• Now select “Import from another file or program” and click Next
• .
• Now you need to select the option “Comma Separated Values (Windows)”
• Select the File WLMContacts and click Open.

Now click Finish.

Taking Software help to migrate Windows Live Mail to Outlook PST

If the above method did not help you to convert Windows live mail to pst format. You would suggest you to try the Free Trial version of Third party Application. Free trial version, Which allow you to convert windows live mail emails to pst format and Show you the Preview of all convertible Data. One such application is here which you can try at Free of Cost. You need to pay only when you are completely satisfied with the software.

You can download this application from here:  

• Email Migration