I need to know where that file is kept to know if there is anyway of
recovering after I reinstalled windows. I had backed up everything else. I
thought that the contacts would be backed up with the account

Its for a POP3 account. I found where the hotmail etc. accounts are stored.

Thanks

Which OS, Vista or XP?

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"super_sonic" <supersonic@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:849CFC15-1E0F-493D-BA1D-B58EB1C8DBC0@xxxxxx

>I need to know where that file is kept to know if there is anyway of
> recovering after I reinstalled windows. I had backed up everything else. I
> thought that the contacts would be backed up with the account

Did you format the drive ?
Please define backup ?
Did you perform any of these tasks ?

How To Backup Windows Live Mail Accounts, Contacts and Messages
http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!174.entry


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"super_sonic" <supersonic@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:849CFC15-1E0F-493D-BA1D-B58EB1C8DBC0@xxxxxx

> I need to know where that file is kept to know if there is anyway of
> recovering after I reinstalled windows. I had backed up everything else. I
> thought that the contacts would be backed up with the account

It's at

...\Contacts\Default
within the WLM data store. Look at Tools, Options, Advanced,
Maintenance, Store Folder for the location of the store folder.

Note the "Default" is a marked as a Hidden folder so you may need to
adjust your settings to see it.

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"super_sonic" <supersonic@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4CC456BB-5D20-4963-8EEE-0C3C0FF27C99@xxxxxx

> Its for a POP3 account. I found where the hotmail etc. accounts are
> stored.
>
> Thanks