Tim

brink wrote:
> Caroline;415694 Wrote:
>> My daughter has somehow managed to completely delete her email folder
>> from my
>> inbox containing all of her emails over the past couple of months and I
>> do
>> not have a backup. It was a sub directory under inbox and it is not in
>> the
>> deleted folder or anywhere else on the brach listing in Microsoft Mail
>> (vista). Is this now a completely lost cause or is there anywhere else
>> this
>> may have gone or an archive of sorts in vista that I could look for. We
>> have
>> no idea how she managedto do this.
>
> Hi Caroline,
>
> If it is not in the "Deleted Items" folder, then it most likely is gone
> forever. It could of been done accidentally by:
> 1. Dragging the folder into the "Deleted Items" folder.
> 2. Had the folder highlighted and clicked "Delete" in the Edit menu.
> 3. Right click the folder and clicked "Delete".
> etc...
>
> If you had the "Automatically empty 'Deleted Items' folder on exit"
> checked, then it would of been permanently deleted apon closing Windows
> Mail. It could of also just been manually deleted from "Deleted Items"
> by accident to.
>
> Sorry,
> Shawn
>
>
In addition to Shawn's great comments...check to see if perhaps your
daughter just moved the folder somewhere else.

How old is your daughter?

Tim