I am trying to move Windows Live Mail folders from one PC to another. The first step is exporting all folders on the old PC. It runs WLM version 2012, Windows 7, both Japanese. WLM is offline. The export directory is under MyDocuments on a NTFS-formatted hard disk.

I experience numerous problems, although WLM pretends everything was exported correctly and doesn't issue any error message.

• The exported folder structure is different from the original folder structure. For example, many folders are exported under a directory "imported folders\local folders" (actually, in Japanese, インポートされたフォルダー￥ローカルフォルダ), which doesn't exist in WLM.
  This is not a big problem, just a minor annoyance.
• Some folder names are changed. For example, a folder named "Marie Antoinette's Head" in WLM is exported as "Marie Antoi 55c".
  This is a bigger annoyance.
• Some folders are simply not exported, whether I export all folders or the specific folder.
  This is a deal-breaker.

Due to the last point, the situation is more than annoying. It's a question of live and death, really, since the emails stored in these folders are required for work.

Is there another way to transfer WLM folders to a different PC? Is there a way to address the above problems?

EDIT: I checked the folder structure under AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail and find that it is identical to the exported folder structure, including the name "Marie Antoi 55c". However, the folder structure displayed in the WLM program is different. How is that possible? How does WLM build its own folder structure from the structure in the filesystem?

I am trying to move Windows Live Mail folders from one PC to another. The first step is exporting all folders on the old PC. It runs WLM version 2012, Windows 7, both Japanese. WLM is offline. The export directory is under MyDocuments on a NTFS-formatted hard disk.

I experience numerous problems, although WLM pretends everything was exported correctly and doesn't issue any error message.

• The exported folder structure is different from the original folder structure. For example, many folders are exported under a directory "imported folders\local folders" (actually, in Japanese, インポートされたフォルダー￥ローカルフォルダ), which doesn't exist in WLM.
  This is not a big problem, just a minor annoyance.
• Some folder names are changed. For example, a folder named "Marie Antoinette's Head" in WLM is exported as "Marie Antoi 55c".
  This is a bigger annoyance.
• Some folders are simply not exported, whether I export all folders or the specific folder.
  This is a deal-breaker.

Due to the last point, the situation is more than annoying. It's a question of live and death, really, since the emails stored in these folders are required for work.

Is there another way to transfer WLM folders to a different PC? Is there a way to address the above problems?

EDIT: I checked the folder structure under AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail and find that it is identical to the exported folder structure, including the name "Marie Antoi 55c". However, the folder structure displayed in the WLM program is different. How is that possible? How does WLM build its own folder structure from the structure in the filesystem?