Make sure you have any antivirus software set not to scan email. See
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
Also see
www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#wm Try searching for *.eml and maybe
you can find the old messages.
steve
"Jean Jester" <JeanJester@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9DD1EF21-C24E-4BF3-BB32-75E3F3F3CB02@microsoft.com...
>I have numerous old messages saved in different folders whose content I can
> no longer access. I receive the following message when trying to open:
> Message cannot be found. The contents of this message cannot be found.
> Windows Mail. This occured after I followed instructions to fix a problem
> with an email which could not be deleted. I used WMutil to compact and
> repair the data base. Any suggestion on how I might get to the content of
> these messages would be appreciated. Windows Mail is becoming
> increasingly
> troublesome. Are there any fixes being contemplated or is Microsoft just
> trying to drive customers away from this application which is probably not
> very profitable?