FWIW, I am running: Version 2012 (Build 16.4.3508.0205)
I understand that the WLMail contacts file is under C: ... Users... *.edb (found this in an old thread.
I have historical issues with many duplicates in my contacts list which I have laboriously manually removed.
Recently, I had to have my hard drive wiped and Windows 7 and WLMail re-installed. Apparently the WLMail contacts file kept all the duplicates names that I eliminated (but must mark them in some way so they don't display). So, when my computer service
re-loaded the contacts file, all the duplicates reappeared. I went from about 1,200 contacts to 5,000+
I thought that I was cleaning these up in a file located at: C:\Users\Owner\Contacts but none of the changes show in WLMail - and I now think that this is probably the location of the Windows contacts but not the WLMail contacts. (They do not synch
and can't be substituted for each other <learned this from other threads).
all the *.edb files on my machine appear to be under the various user names, but have a file name like this: WLCalendarStore.edb Is this a problem? I may have created a problem in marking my ?WLMail contacts file to share with all the logons
on my computer.
I think I want to delete all the contacts in WLMail and import the contacts from this other (probably) Windows contacts file).
So, a couple question:
1. My contact files don't contain a ton of extra information, some with two emails per name, a very few phone numbers, a very few with a mailing address. Will all this carry over - particularly the names? I read some threads that suggested importing
from Windows contacts drops all the names; that would be really ugly!
2. Within WLMail if I select all of the contacts (after backing up, of course) and delete them - are they really gone ...or just marked not to display. I read some threads that suggested that they magically reappear. I don't want that to happen. I
supposed I could delete all the .edb files.
What is the best way to truly delete all the contacts from WLMail? Will they really be gone?
Is there a better way to do this?
Thanks in advance.
PS: after writing this I looked at my backup in the cloud (which has not been updated since computer repair. Rather than the *.edb file I was expecting; I found two files: edbres00001.jrs & edbres00002.jrs. Now I'm wondering if these are the WLMail
contact files - altho both have along ago "Date modified" dates.
I also see files named like this in my pc with very recent "Date Modified" dates. However they appear in several strings: C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail\Calendars\DBStore\LogFile
and
C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail
and
C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail\Calendars\<my email address>\DBStore\LogFiles
So, to be successful about this do I have to delete ALL of these?
FWIW: I would prefer if Under the category Microsoft account, Outlook.com, Skydrive there was a Windows Live Mail Product 'choice' so the separation would be clearer than 'Mail' which is too broad a category.
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