Express Assist Changelog

What's new in Express Assist 11.0.1 Build 1

Jan 4, 2013
  • Added support for Windows 8

New in Express Assist 10.1.5 Build 0 (Jan 24, 2012)

  • Corrected problem with unprintable characters in message subject lines

New in Express Assist 10.1.1 (Feb 14, 2011)

  • Corrected a problem with locating current contacts data base for Windows Live Mail

New in Express Assist 10.0.0 (Dec 14, 2009)

  • Express Assist 10 includes a number of new functions and features. This page is intended to acquaint prior Express Assist users with the new features. The most important updates include:
  • Works with Windows 7 - Express Assist 10 has been tested on all versions of Windows 7 - including the 64bit releases.
  • Enhanced support for Windows Live Mail - EA10 includes backup and restore of the "Windows Live Contacts" and the Windows Live Mail "Calendar".
  • Enhanced support for IE8 - Support for Internet Explorer 8 features has been expanded to include:
  • RSS Feeds
  • Accelerators
  • Web Slices
  • IntelliForms
  • Search providers
  • Chrome Support - a backup and restore of the Google Chrome browser data has been added.
  • Improved UAC operation - The operation under Windows Vista and Windows 7 has been enhanced for smoother operation under the Vista/Windows 7 UAC (User Account Control) limitations.
  • Numerous reliability improvements - The Express Assist 10 update includes more than 30 additional improvements for reliability and usability.

New in Express Assist 9.5.0 (Jan 4, 2008)

  • Minor Update -- Added support for Windows Live Mail

New in Express Assist 9.0 (Mar 5, 2007)

  • Works with Windows Vista - Windows Vista™ is supplied with a new mail program named "Windows Mail [WM]". Windows Mail will replace Outlook Express. Outlook Express will not be available on Vista. Windows Mail looks similar to Outlook Express but is completely different "under the hood". In addition, on Vista the old Windows Address Book (WAB) has been replaced with "Windows Contacts". While older versions of Express Assist will "run" on Vista - the older programs do not work with the new Windows Mail or Windows Contacts.
  • Support for Windows Mail - EA9 will provide a full backup of Windows Mail [WM] including:
  • Backup of all or selected mail folders.
  • Restore of all mail folders - either directly or for import.
  • Restore of selected mail messages.
  • Retrieve selected mail messages as eml or txt files.
  • Works with Windows Live Mail - Windows Live Mail [WLM] is a new mail program available for Windows XP™ and Windows Vista™ users. WLM is intended as a replacement for Outlook Express and for Windows Mail. Express Assist works with all three mail programs [OE], [WM], and [WLM] and will assist with the transfer of data between these programs on different machines.
  • Support for Windows Live Mail - EA9 will provide a full backup of
  • Windows Live Mail [WLM] including:
  • Backup of all or selected mail folders.
  • Restore of all mail folders - either directly or for import.
  • Restore of selected mail messages.
  • Retrieve selected mail messages as eml or txt files.
  • Support for Windows Contacts - EA9 will provide a full backup of Windows Contacts including:
  • Backup of all or Windows Contacts.
  • Restore of all or selected Windows Contacts.
  • View contacts in the backup.
  • Support for Outlook Express - EA9 will continue to provide a full backup of Outlook Express mail including:
  • Backup of all or selected mail folders.
  • Restore of all mail folders.
  • Restore of selected mail folders.
  • Restore of mail folders for import (new in EA9.)
  • Restore of selected mail messages.
  • Retrieve selected mail messages as eml or txt files.
  • Cross Platform Restore - EA9 provides facilities to transfer data (stored within Express Assist backup files) to and from Vista, including:
  • Restore Outlook Express messages folders for import into Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail.
  • Restore Windows Mail messages for import into Windows Live Mail.
  • Restore Selected Messages between Outlook Express, Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail (any combination).
  • Restore the Windows Address Book (WAB) to Vista for import into Windows Contacts.
  • Firefox support - EA9 works with all versions of Firefox including the newest Firefox 3.