Vista - I've lost my personal folders?!?! HELP!!

I was in Windows Mail, and looking at some messages in the Inbox, and I don't
remeber if I double clicked on a message or what, but they disappeared. I
know I didn't delete them all. These folders I'm looking for are sub
folders of the Inbox. Can someone please help me??

"simplydeena" <simplydeena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:26B7E54F-F4CB-4C82-A054-BA9BA53D403C@microsoft.com...
>I was in Windows Mail, and looking at some messages in the Inbox, and I
>don't
> remeber if I double clicked on a message or what, but they disappeared. I
> know I didn't delete them all. These folders I'm looking for are sub
> folders of the Inbox. Can someone please help me??

Is there a plus sign in a square in front of the Inbox?

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

No, there's a black triangle. I tried clicking on it, but I can't get them
back....help!

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

> "simplydeena" <simplydeena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:26B7E54F-F4CB-4C82-A054-BA9BA53D403C@microsoft.com...
> >I was in Windows Mail, and looking at some messages in the Inbox, and I
> >don't
> > remeber if I double clicked on a message or what, but they disappeared. I
> > know I didn't delete them all. These folders I'm looking for are sub
> > folders of the Inbox. Can someone please help me??
>
> Is there a plus sign in a square in front of the Inbox?
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.
>
>

Oops. Forgot we were in Vista. How about a triangle for Deleted Items?
Are the folders still there in the message store?

"simplydeena" <simplydeena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:19FCFCF6-F85C-4F87-8C14-9348E2A3DE8F@microsoft.com...
> No, there's a black triangle. I tried clicking on it, but I can't get
> them
> back....help!
>
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
>
>> "simplydeena" <simplydeena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:26B7E54F-F4CB-4C82-A054-BA9BA53D403C@microsoft.com...
>> >I was in Windows Mail, and looking at some messages in the Inbox, and I
>> >don't
>> > remeber if I double clicked on a message or what, but they disappeared.
>> > I
>> > know I didn't delete them all. These folders I'm looking for are sub
>> > folders of the Inbox. Can someone please help me??
>>
>> Is there a plus sign in a square in front of the Inbox?

No, there's no triangle there, in Deleted items. I'm pretty profficient on a
computer, I work on one everyday at work, I'm not an IT person at all, but I
can't seem to find these folders. I'm really frustrated, as we JUST got our
new computer yesterday and they transferred everything over, including
everything from outlook to vista windows mail. Any other ideas? Thanks for
your help!

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

> Oops. Forgot we were in Vista. How about a triangle for Deleted Items?
> Are the folders still there in the message store?
>
> "simplydeena" <simplydeena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:19FCFCF6-F85C-4F87-8C14-9348E2A3DE8F@microsoft.com...
> > No, there's a black triangle. I tried clicking on it, but I can't get
> > them
> > back....help!
> >
> > "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
> >
> >> "simplydeena" <simplydeena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:26B7E54F-F4CB-4C82-A054-BA9BA53D403C@microsoft.com...
> >> >I was in Windows Mail, and looking at some messages in the Inbox, and I
> >> >don't
> >> > remeber if I double clicked on a message or what, but they disappeared.
> >> > I
> >> > know I didn't delete them all. These folders I'm looking for are sub
> >> > folders of the Inbox. Can someone please help me??
> >>
> >> Is there a plus sign in a square in front of the Inbox?
>

"simplydeena" <simplydeena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4DE4C2FD-0DEE-4234-8332-7B65F858E458@microsoft.com...
> No, there's no triangle there, in Deleted items. I'm pretty profficient
> on a
> computer, I work on one everyday at work, I'm not an IT person at all, but
> I
> can't seem to find these folders. I'm really frustrated, as we JUST got
> our
> new computer yesterday and they transferred everything over, including
> everything from outlook to vista windows mail. Any other ideas? Thanks
> for
> your help!


I think I'm out of ideas. Sorry

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

Search for *.eml under the message store directory in WinMail and see if you
can find the directories that match the subfolders. The message store
directory location can be found via Tools | Options | Advanced | Maintenance
| Store Folder.

steve

"simplydeena" <simplydeena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4DE4C2FD-0DEE-4234-8332-7B65F858E458@microsoft.com...
> No, there's no triangle there, in Deleted items. I'm pretty profficient
> on a
> computer, I work on one everyday at work, I'm not an IT person at all, but
> I
> can't seem to find these folders. I'm really frustrated, as we JUST got
> our
> new computer yesterday and they transferred everything over, including
> everything from outlook to vista windows mail. Any other ideas? Thanks
> for
> your help!
>
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
>
>> Oops. Forgot we were in Vista. How about a triangle for Deleted Items?
>> Are the folders still there in the message store?
>>
>> "simplydeena" <simplydeena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:19FCFCF6-F85C-4F87-8C14-9348E2A3DE8F@microsoft.com...
>> > No, there's a black triangle. I tried clicking on it, but I can't get
>> > them
>> > back....help!
>> >
>> > "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "simplydeena" <simplydeena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:26B7E54F-F4CB-4C82-A054-BA9BA53D403C@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I was in Windows Mail, and looking at some messages in the Inbox, and
>> >> >I
>> >> >don't
>> >> > remeber if I double clicked on a message or what, but they
>> >> > disappeared.
>> >> > I
>> >> > know I didn't delete them all. These folders I'm looking for are
>> >> > sub
>> >> > folders of the Inbox. Can someone please help me??
>> >>
>> >> Is there a plus sign in a square in front of the Inbox?
>>

HIDAD.





:26B7E54F-F4CB-4C82-A054-BA9BA53D403C@microsoft.com...
>I was in Windows Mail, and looking at some messages in the Inbox, and I
>don't
> remeber if I double clicked on a message or what, but they disappeared. I
> know I didn't delete them all. These folders I'm looking for are sub
> folders of the Inbox. Can someone please help me??

This is just a wild thought, just in case. I am still in process of the
migration myself and imported large number of messages. I noted that the
'imported files/messages' are segmented out by making them subfolders of the
local folder, called Imported Folder. I have also noted that each import
creates a new Imported folder(2) and etc.

This is my question.....my imported folder also contains an INBOX for
example and some other duplicates to the normal ones that appear above. If
that's the case, perhaps you were in one of those folders and then haven't
found your way back to it. Hope that helps you out of your dilema.

I don't know why they did it the way they did, but I am currently recreating
the file/folder structure under Windows Mail, and then moving the messages
from each folder in the imported folder to the new folder to get rid of the
confusing structure (at least to me).....good luck,,,,Chuck


"simplydeena" wrote:

> No, there's no triangle there, in Deleted items. I'm pretty profficient on a
> computer, I work on one everyday at work, I'm not an IT person at all, but I
> can't seem to find these folders. I'm really frustrated, as we JUST got our
> new computer yesterday and they transferred everything over, including
> everything from outlook to vista windows mail. Any other ideas? Thanks for
> your help!
>
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
>
> > Oops. Forgot we were in Vista. How about a triangle for Deleted Items?
> > Are the folders still there in the message store?
> >
> > "simplydeena" <simplydeena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:19FCFCF6-F85C-4F87-8C14-9348E2A3DE8F@microsoft.com...
> > > No, there's a black triangle. I tried clicking on it, but I can't get
> > > them
> > > back....help!
> > >
> > > "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
> > >
> > >> "simplydeena" <simplydeena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:26B7E54F-F4CB-4C82-A054-BA9BA53D403C@microsoft.com...
> > >> >I was in Windows Mail, and looking at some messages in the Inbox, and I
> > >> >don't
> > >> > remeber if I double clicked on a message or what, but they disappeared.
> > >> > I
> > >> > know I didn't delete them all. These folders I'm looking for are sub
> > >> > folders of the Inbox. Can someone please help me??
> > >>
> > >> Is there a plus sign in a square in front of the Inbox?
> >