The path on the hard drive to the message store is different for XP
than it is for Vista. Either way, that setting I gave you reveals the location.
Sorry, I've been away from XP issues for some 26 months already.
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
"StevenW" <StevenW@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:78D935EF-0924-4F90-ABBB-55320D9F650F@xxxxxx
Quote:
> XP. Does it matter? Is there a standard location?
> I copied all of my files to another drive and then reformatted the hard
> drive to reinstall XP and thus will have to recover the .eml file manually.
>
> Any ideas on a forum for XP reinstallation issues would be appreciated as
> well as I cannot get XP to reinstall properly - after the initial files are
> loaded, the computer restarts but won't boot up or complete the XP
> installation.
>
> thx
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
> Quote:
>> Windows XP or Vista?
>> The file type is .eml. The location of the message store folder is given
>> here: Tools, Options, Advanced, Maintenance, Store Folder.
>>
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>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
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>> "StevenW" <StevenW@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:6F3C2977-26E8-4A20-BED5-34AF41BD00B1@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > My OS crashed and I am reinstalling. Prior to crash, I had installed Windows
>> > Live Mail and it downloaded messages from a pop3 account. I want to make
>> > sure I import those messages when I reinstall the mail program. Can someone
>> > tell me what the file type is and where I can find it. I have a copy of
>> > everything on the drive on which Live Mail was installed. Thanks.
>>
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