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Export OE 6 mails and contacts from old Win. XP pro computer to new Win 8.1 ASUS notebook with Thunderbird

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Have an older HP Pavillion dv200 with Win XP Pro SP3 and use G-mail and Outlook Express 6 e-mail client, need to export all files and contacts to newer ASUS Q200E running Win 8.1 using Thunderbird.

Have an older HP Pavillion dv200 with Win XP Pro SP3 and use G-mail and Outlook Express 6 e-mail client, need to export all files and contacts to newer ASUS Q200E running Win 8.1 using Thunderbird.

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According to this thread the best way is to install Thunderbird on the old machine first, import everything to it from Outlook Express, and then transfer the resulting Thunderbird profile folder to the new machine: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/988031