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I think that no one here understands the problem that has happened.  When I moved to Windows Vista several years ago, there was no Outlook Express to use so I could save important e-mails that were historical to my online research projects.  I had to continue to use my old computer for several months until someone from Microsoft sent me an e-mail with a link to a download program called "Windows Live Mail Desktop".  This allowed me to have folders called "Storage Folders" That were located on my LOCAL computer just like with Outlook Express.  Not on the internet site for Windows Live Mail.  I could have multiple POP mail providers that showed up in this application, and the same "Storage Folders" could be used for storage for all my e-mail addresses and providers.  I eventually moved up to Windows 7 and still used the same application.  I also have another computer that I put the application on, but it had changed to Microsoft Esentials.  I don't usually use this computer for local storage of e-mail, but today I decided to create some local storage folders so my wife could keep e-mails that were important to her.  To my surprise,  this new "Windows Live Mail" doesn't have a way to create local e-mail storage folders.  The only folders that can be created are online folders under your inbox.  They can't be accessed from your computer unless you are online and use up storage space in your e-mail account.  I have thousands of old e-mails with many folders and subfolders to help me be able to find them when I need to remember something from years back.  I now know that I better not upgrade my "Windows Live Mail Desktop", and maybe I better not upgrade from Windows 7 because I might lose my research.  I looked to see if I could find the older "Windows Live Mail Desktop" but couldn't find it except at a few sites that were not Microsoft.  I usually try to not download from these independant sites.