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Import Outlook Contacts Into Windows Live Mail

Import Outlook Contacts Into Windows Live Mail

By Mitch Bartlett 3 Comments

Many people are switching over to cloud-based services. If you’re moving from Microsoft Outlook over to your Windows Live Mail account, you may want to take your Outlook Contacts with you. We’ll show you how to import your Contacts from Outlook into your Windows Live Mail account.

Outlook Export Steps

  1. In Outlook, select “File” > “Open & Export” > “Import/Export“.
  2. One the first screen of the wizard, select “Export to a file“, then select “Next“.
    Outlook Export to a file option
  3. Select “Comma Separated Values (DOS)“, then select “Next“.
    Comma Separated Values DOS option
  4. Choose “Contacts” in the list, then select “Next“.
    Contacts Export option
  5. Save the file to a location. Click the “Browse…” button if you want to avoid typing the full path. Select “Next“.
    Type filename for export file
  6. Select “Finish“.
    The file is exported with a .CSV extension.
    Now that we have our export file, we can import the contents of it into Windows Live Mail.

Windows Live Mail Import Steps

  1. Login to your Windows Live Mail account using Internet Explorer.
  2. Select the apps button at the upper-left corner of the screen and choose “People“.
    Live Mail People Selection
  3. Select “Manage” > “Add People“. Note: You may not need to do this if you’re already on the “Add People” screen.
  4. Select “Start import“.
  5. Choose “Other“.
  6. Select “Choose File” and select the CSV file you exported.
  7. Select “Upload“.

After a few seconds the contacts should import to Windows Live Mail successfully.


FAQ

Why don’t I have the option to Export in Outlook?

If you’re using Outlook on a work or school computer, the option to export from Outlook may be restricted by the Systems Administrator. You will need to contact your IT department to see if there is a way to enable it. Otherwise, you can use a workaround to export contacts as VCF files so that you may import them one by one.

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Filed Under: Office Tagged With: Outlook 2013, Outlook 2016

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. BSBoss says

    October 12, 2021 at 8:49 pm

    This did not work. The contact in the csv file was not added to People

  2. Stephen Smith says

    December 17, 2020 at 5:06 pm

    My (new) version of MS Mail doesn’t offer the “Import” option, other than from the suggested platforms.

  3. Barry Tolchard says

    January 4, 2019 at 11:56 am

    no because the options are not available

    Select “Manage” > “Add People“. Note: You may not need to do this if you’re already on the “Add People” screen.
    Select “Start import“.
    Choose “Other“.
    Select “Choose File” and select the CSV file you exported.
    Select “Upload“.

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