Hi all
Apologies if this question has been asked loads of times already, but I can't see a response in this forum that exactly matches my query.
I am being forced to bite the bullet and switch from my trusty XP machine to a shiny new Win 8 machine. I use Windows Live Mail (V 2009, build 14.0.8089.0726), and I have a lot of mail in Storage Folders that I want to switch across. I have an external hard drive so the plan is to export the storage folders (inc contents) to that, and import them onto the new machine. What do I have to do to make that work ? I don't yet have the new PC, I'm just trying to ensure I know how to do it and can export the data correctly before struggling with the new world (to me) of Win 8.
I'm not fussed about the folders in each of the email accounts because these are all on the email provider's servers and will sync when I create the new accounts on the new machine. The issue is with the local storage folders. I think I've exported the folders & contents, using WLM's File>Export>messages and using the WLM export format.
What I'm not sure about is whether I'm going to be able to import that into the Win 8 Mail app. I'd been assuming that would be easy, but skimming this forum seems to suggest that Win 8 is somehow different and it's going to be a lot of faff. Can't actually try it and see 'cos I don't have a new machine yet, just ensuring I know the procedure beforehand.
Also, when exporting Contacts, is it best to use the .vcf format or .csv ?
Thanks in advance
I use Windows Live Mail and have linked it to my Windows Phone 7. In my contacts list, I have lots of records which consist of a person's LinkedIn/Facebook/Twitter/what-have-you account plus the notes and things I've added on my phone. They are all neatly linked on my phone so that each person only appears once.
WLM can't seem to figure this out. I have up to three or four records for some people, because I'm their contact on different websites. One contact will be them on LinkedIn, one will be just their name and phone number, ane will be them on Facebook... I can't merge or link these records so using my bloated address book is very annoying. Meanwhile, the contacts have stayed linked on my phone as well as my Live account. In fact, when I click 'clean up contacts' in WLM and get taken to my Live.com address book, there's nothing to clean up as it's all correct there.
How can I get WLM to link my contacts and get rid of duplicate entries?
after updates WLM only receives emails' but does not allow me to send new, reply, forward!
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Hi
on my Vista PC I had a problem where WLM would not open and I got an error mesage about it not being installed properly or not enought memory,
I check the memory through Window Memory Diagnostics extended test twice and it found no problems, I then did a repair of WLM through Essentials repair
but the problem was still there so I figured it was an install problem.
I backed up the WLM files in C:\Users\myname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail and have these on a USB Drive, I could not do a normal
backup/export as I could not open WLM.
When I tried to reinstall WLM I find that Essentials 2011 no longer has WLM and Essential 2012 does not install on Vista.
So what are my options, if I use Windows Mail, how do I use the WLM file copy I have or which other email client does Microsoft suggest I
use that will utelise the WLM file copies I have?
Thanks
Daniel
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