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03-13-2009
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| | Re: Backup and Restore from files Yep, you do need a working copy of Windows Live Mail. Just copying the data that you've copied will only copy over the mail messages, not the account details etc. Colin Brown WL MVP "Nick" <Nick@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:4760748D-F681-4D43-9C31-121D914C55BB@xxxxxx Quote: > I've recovered the "Windows Live Mail" folder from "C:\Documents and > Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\" off a bad hard > drive. > > My goal is to reinstall Windows Live Mail onto a new computer, and somehow > use this "Windows Live Mail" folder to recover. Is this possible? > Everything > I'm reading about backup and restore assumes the user has a working copy > of > Live Mail, and not just the files. > > Thanks for your suggestions! |
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03-13-2009
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| | Re: Backup and Restore from files Could I first configure the account, and then overwrite the "Windows Live Mail" folder? "Colin Brown WLMVP" wrote: Quote: > Yep, you do need a working copy of Windows Live Mail. Just copying the data > that you've copied will only copy over the mail messages, not the account > details etc. > > Colin Brown > WL MVP > > "Nick" <Nick@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:4760748D-F681-4D43-9C31-121D914C55BB@xxxxxx Quote: > > I've recovered the "Windows Live Mail" folder from "C:\Documents and > > Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\" off a bad hard > > drive. > > > > My goal is to reinstall Windows Live Mail onto a new computer, and somehow > > use this "Windows Live Mail" folder to recover. Is this possible? > > Everything > > I'm reading about backup and restore assumes the user has a working copy > > of > > Live Mail, and not just the files. > > > > Thanks for your suggestions! |
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