I'd like it to - it did it last time, not this time for some reason
Anyone know how ?

Are you saying that you had WLMail installed previously on your current System, then uninstalled it?

If that is the case, then reinstalling WLMail should take up the Message Store and Registry Items left behind, unless you manually deleted them post uninstall.

The Message Store contains your accounts as well as messages. The Registry Items contain your rules, settings, and signatures.

If the Registry Key (and all it contains):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail
still exists in the registry, then WLMail will not re-import Windows Mail messages and accounts etc. upon re-installation.

To force WLMail to re-import the accounts and messages etc. from Windows Mail (assuming they still exist in WMail), you can delete the registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail

The re-import will commence automatically when WLMail is next restarted.

--
Cheers,
Peter.R
(Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Live Mail 14.0.8050.1202)
"There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Shakespeare
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"Phil" <philk3@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:982DE88C-0D97-45A4-9924-3CA04360F97E@xxxxxx

>Live Mail did not import accounts from Windows Mail - any idea why ?
> I'd like it to - it did it last time, not this time for some reason
> Anyone know how ?

Open WM(Windows Mail)
Tools/Accounts/Export
- export each account to an iaf file

Open WLM(Windows Live Mail)
Tools/Accounts/Import

Navigate to the exported iaf file, select, click open in the bottom of the dialog box

The imported account will be the last in the list.

The same can be done with News accounts.

Note: it **does not** work the other way around. WM can not import accounts exported from WLM.

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...winston
ms-mvp mail


"Phil" <philk3@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:982DE88C-0D97-45A4-9924-3CA04360F97E@xxxxxx

> I'd like it to - it did it last time, not this time for some reason
> Anyone know how ?

No - what I'm saying is that due to a problem, I had to reinstall Windows,
and used a backup to put the accounts back into Windows Mail.
Then the reason why I used Live Mail in the first place - the "Recovered
Messages" cluttering up W.M. and not staying deleted.
This time when I installed LM it didn't import the backedup accounts as it
did the last time.


"Peter.R" <Peter.R@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ua5ZwvBbJHA.4660@xxxxxx

>
> Are you saying that you had WLMail installed previously on your current
> System, then uninstalled it?
>
> If that is the case, then reinstalling WLMail should take up the Message
> Store and Registry Items left behind, unless you manually deleted them
> post uninstall.
>
> The Message Store contains your accounts as well as messages. The Registry
> Items contain your rules, settings, and signatures.
>
> If the Registry Key (and all it contains):
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail
> still exists in the registry, then WLMail will not re-import Windows Mail
> messages and accounts etc. upon re-installation.
>
> To force WLMail to re-import the accounts and messages etc. from Windows
> Mail (assuming they still exist in WMail), you can delete the registry
> key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail
>
> The re-import will commence automatically when WLMail is next restarted.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Peter.R
> (Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Live Mail 14.0.8050.1202)
> "There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in
> your philosophy." - Shakespeare
> ---------------
>
> "Phil" <philk3@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:982DE88C-0D97-45A4-9924-3CA04360F97E@xxxxxx
>

>>Live Mail did not import accounts from Windows Mail - any idea why ?
>> I'd like it to - it did it last time, not this time for some reason
>> Anyone know how ?

"...winston" <winstonmvp@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%239shzEKbJHA.1268@xxxxxx
Open WM(Windows Mail)
Tools/Accounts/Export
- export each account to an iaf file

Open WLM(Windows Live Mail)
Tools/Accounts/Import

Navigate to the exported iaf file, select, click open in the bottom of the
dialog box

The imported account will be the last in the list.

The same can be done with News accounts.

Note: it **does not** work the other way around. WM can not import accounts
exported from WLM.

--
...winston
ms-mvp mail


Thanks will try.

"Peter.R" <Peter.R@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ua5ZwvBbJHA.4660@xxxxxx

> To force WLMail to re-import the accounts and messages etc. from Windows
> Mail (assuming they still exist in WMail), you can delete the registry
> key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail
>
> The re-import will commence automatically when WLMail is next restarted.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Peter.R
> (Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Live Mail 14.0.8050.1202)
> "There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in
> your philosophy." - Shakespeare
> ---------------

And THAT worked perfectly !
Thanks Peter - worked a treat !

You're welcome Phil.

--
Cheers,
Peter.R
(Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Live Mail 14.0.8050.1202)
"There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Shakespeare
---------------

"Phil" <philk3@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eb6VnRMbJHA.5676@xxxxxx

>
> "Peter.R" <Peter.R@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ua5ZwvBbJHA.4660@xxxxxx
>

>> To force WLMail to re-import the accounts and messages etc. from Windows
>> Mail (assuming they still exist in WMail), you can delete the registry
>> key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail
>>
>> The re-import will commence automatically when WLMail is next restarted.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Peter.R

>
> And THAT worked perfectly !
> Thanks Peter - worked a treat !