How to get the old contacts/e-mail from Outlook Express in Windows Mail

My OE has simply been replaced by Windows Mail.  I managed to set up the new account; However, I am unable to find my old mails, contacts; etc. and import them into Windows Mail.  I understood that they can be hidden and have a dbx extension but my research all say no .dbx file... I am running Vista

See also www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#wm , there are a lot of steps that you must follow them completely or it won't work.  The address book is a wab file.

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