Vista - Location of Mail folders

I need to know where Windows Mail saves the Inbox, outbox,
etc. in the Windows explorer.
In XP I was able to copy all my backed up mail to that folder
and it will show up.

Thanks

"TedF" <noreply@xxxxmsn.com> wrote in message
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>I need to know where Windows Mail saves the Inbox, outbox,
> etc. in the Windows explorer.
> In XP I was able to copy all my backed up mail to that folder
> and it will show up.
>
> Thanks

C:\Users\<name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Local Folders

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.

Many thanks
They don't use .dbx any more.
I have more than 12,000 email saved in Outlook Express,
been saving them since 1996. Mostly business and purchases.

Unfortunately Windows mail will not do, it saves each email individually,
very stupid of Microsoft. It will import Outlook only if you upgrade.






"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> "TedF" <noreply@xxxxmsn.com> wrote in message
> news:e6Oj5SsUHHA.388@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>I need to know where Windows Mail saves the Inbox, outbox,
>> etc. in the Windows explorer.
>> In XP I was able to copy all my backed up mail to that folder
>> and it will show up.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> C:\Users\<name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Local Folders
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.
>
>

"TedF" <noreply@xxxxmsn.com> wrote in message
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> Many thanks
> They don't use .dbx any more.
> I have more than 12,000 email saved in Outlook Express,
> been saving them since 1996. Mostly business and purchases.
>
> Unfortunately Windows mail will not do, it saves each email individually,
> very stupid of Microsoft. It will import Outlook only if you upgrade.


See the section here about importing OE messages into WinMail:
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.

It seems it could not handle 341 .dbx, I will play with it.
million thanks for the tip.




"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:33B61A5B-929F-4DC6-BDB8-D43FF9DF483A@microsoft.com...
> "TedF" <noreply@xxxxmsn.com> wrote in message
> news:OvgWIN5UHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Many thanks
>> They don't use .dbx any more.
>> I have more than 12,000 email saved in Outlook Express,
>> been saving them since 1996. Mostly business and purchases.
>>
>> Unfortunately Windows mail will not do, it saves each email individually,
>> very stupid of Microsoft. It will import Outlook only if you upgrade.
>
>
> See the section here about importing OE messages into WinMail:
> http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.
>
>

It did it, more than 40,000 email.
I had to exclude Draft, Deleted Items, a spam folder, and
a log file.
It put them in an imported folder, needs lots of work
to reorganize them, and put them in the folder order
they where in.

Had a hell of time making it pick up the right path.

Million thanks again.


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:33B61A5B-929F-4DC6-BDB8-D43FF9DF483A@microsoft.com...
> "TedF" <noreply@xxxxmsn.com> wrote in message
> news:OvgWIN5UHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Many thanks
>> They don't use .dbx any more.
>> I have more than 12,000 email saved in Outlook Express,
>> been saving them since 1996. Mostly business and purchases.
>>
>> Unfortunately Windows mail will not do, it saves each email individually,
>> very stupid of Microsoft. It will import Outlook only if you upgrade.
>
>
> See the section here about importing OE messages into WinMail:
> http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.
>
>

Glad it worked. The individual eml file format was chosen because of the
huge problems people had losing the messages from a folder when they were
all together in one file. This format is to help protect the message store
for the user -- something that was considered a low priority with OE.

steve

"TedF" <noreply@xxxxmsn.com> wrote in message
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> It did it, more than 40,000 email.
> I had to exclude Draft, Deleted Items, a spam folder, and
> a log file.
> It put them in an imported folder, needs lots of work
> to reorganize them, and put them in the folder order
> they where in.
>
> Had a hell of time making it pick up the right path.
>
> Million thanks again.
>
>
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:33B61A5B-929F-4DC6-BDB8-D43FF9DF483A@microsoft.com...
>> "TedF" <noreply@xxxxmsn.com> wrote in message
>> news:OvgWIN5UHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Many thanks
>>> They don't use .dbx any more.
>>> I have more than 12,000 email saved in Outlook Express,
>>> been saving them since 1996. Mostly business and purchases.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately Windows mail will not do, it saves each email
>>> individually,
>>> very stupid of Microsoft. It will import Outlook only if you upgrade.
>>
>>
>> See the section here about importing OE messages into WinMail:
>> http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
>>
>> --
>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
>> http://www.fjsmjs.com
>> Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.
>>
>>
>

I don't think I ever lost a message, but if a file got corrupted
then it would be a big loss.
I think they are easier to scan for viruses also.




"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
news:4255F764-295C-434A-8FA0-6139DD0462BC@microsoft.com...
> Glad it worked. The individual eml file format was chosen because of the
> huge problems people had losing the messages from a folder when they were
> all together in one file. This format is to help protect the message
> store for the user -- something that was considered a low priority with
> OE.
>
> steve
>
> "TedF" <noreply@xxxxmsn.com> wrote in message
> news:eCMsW6KVHHA.5100@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> It did it, more than 40,000 email.
>> I had to exclude Draft, Deleted Items, a spam folder, and
>> a log file.
>> It put them in an imported folder, needs lots of work
>> to reorganize them, and put them in the folder order
>> they where in.
>>
>> Had a hell of time making it pick up the right path.
>>
>> Million thanks again.
>>
>>
>> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:33B61A5B-929F-4DC6-BDB8-D43FF9DF483A@microsoft.com...
>>> "TedF" <noreply@xxxxmsn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OvgWIN5UHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> Many thanks
>>>> They don't use .dbx any more.
>>>> I have more than 12,000 email saved in Outlook Express,
>>>> been saving them since 1996. Mostly business and purchases.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately Windows mail will not do, it saves each email
>>>> individually,
>>>> very stupid of Microsoft. It will import Outlook only if you upgrade.
>>>
>>>
>>> See the section here about importing OE messages into WinMail:
>>> http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
>>>
>>> --
>>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
>>> http://www.fjsmjs.com
>>> Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.
>>>
>>>
>>
>

"TedF" wrote:

> I need to know where Windows Mail saves the Inbox, outbox,
> etc. in the Windows explorer.
> In XP I was able to copy all my backed up mail to that folder
> and it will show up.
>
> Thanks
>

Ted,

In Microsoft Mail, go to Tools/Options/Advanced/Maintenence/Store folder to
see where all messages are stored.

Tom

"Crofton0" <Crofton0@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "TedF" wrote:
>
>> I need to know where Windows Mail saves the Inbox, outbox,
>> etc. in the Windows explorer.
>> In XP I was able to copy all my backed up mail to that folder
>> and it will show up.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>