I am using live mail, what file extensions are being used? (*.dbx) in outlook express. I also can't find the path in Win7 where all the news files are being stored.
?Hi, Gun. Windows Live Mail stores each email message in a separate file with an .eml extension. Each newsgroup post is in its own .nws file. So, instead of a few .dbx files (which OE calls "folders") containing perhaps thousands of messages each, WLMail has perhaps thousands of .eml and .nws files holding a single message each. To find the location of your Message Store in WLMail, follow just about the same click-path as in OE6: Tools | Options | Advanced | Maintenance | Store Folder. The name of the main file is Mail.MSMessageStore, but there are a lot of related files and folders, too. Many new users of WLMail are stymied by the apparently missing Menu Bar, with its familiar buttons for File | View ... etc. That's because the WLMail developers decided to hide that bar, by default, to provide more vertical screen real estate. To turn it on momentarily, just press <Alt>; to toggle it On/Off, press <Alt>+M, M. You posted using WLMail build 14.0.8089.0726, which the WLMail Team calls Wave 3, or WLMail 2009. Many of us are used the recently-released WLMail 2011, Wave 4, build 15.4.3502.0922. It features the new Ribbon UI, like the Office 2010 suite. (But it has some changes (bugs?) that some of us don't like, such as failure to clearly indicate quoted messages, like my quote of your message, below.) You can check it out for yourself at http://explore.live.com/home RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-9/30/10) Windows Live Mail Version 2011 (Build 15.4.3502.0922) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1 beta "gun" wrote in message newsb1dc$4cb4c0c4$48316e34$28529@FUSE.NET... I am using live mail, what file extensions are being used? (*.dbx) in outlook express. I also can't find the path in Win7 where all the news files are being stored.
"gun" <guschwa@gmail.com> wrote in message newsb1dc$4cb4c0c4$48316e34$28529@FUSE.NET... > I am using live mail, what file extensions are being used? (*.dbx) in > outlook express. > I also can't find the path in Win7 where all the news files are being > stored. They're hidden. But, in Explorer (File Manager), go to CUsers\"Your Name". This should open that folder, with things like Favorites, My Documents, Contacts in it. In the address bar at the top of the window, add to the address <C;\User\YourName> already there <\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail>. Make sure you keep the spacing as I've typed it. This should then open the main Live Mail folder, with all the other folders visible. What you want will be in there somewhere, but with encrypted file names. jim
Thanks for the prompt reply and the info., I'll look into it. Gun "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message news:66adnWRmHI3dfSnRnZ2dnUVZ_hudnZ2d@posted.grandecom... > ?Hi, Gun. > > Windows Live Mail stores each email message in a separate file with an > .eml extension. Each newsgroup post is in its own .nws file. So, instead > of a few .dbx files (which OE calls "folders") containing perhaps > thousands of messages each, WLMail has perhaps thousands of .eml and .nws > files holding a single message each. > > To find the location of your Message Store in WLMail, follow just about > the same click-path as in OE6: Tools | Options | Advanced | Maintenance | > Store Folder. The name of the main file is Mail.MSMessageStore, but there > are a lot of related files and folders, too. > > Many new users of WLMail are stymied by the apparently missing Menu Bar, > with its familiar buttons for File | View ... etc. That's because the > WLMail developers decided to hide that bar, by default, to provide more > vertical screen real estate. To turn it on momentarily, just press <Alt>; > to toggle it On/Off, press <Alt>+M, M. > > You posted using WLMail build 14.0.8089.0726, which the WLMail Team calls > Wave 3, or WLMail 2009. Many of us are used the recently-released WLMail > 2011, Wave 4, build 15.4.3502.0922. It features the new Ribbon UI, like > the Office 2010 suite. (But it has some changes (bugs?) that some of us > don't like, such as failure to clearly indicate quoted messages, like my > quote of your message, below.) You can check it out for yourself at > http://explore.live.com/home > > RC > -- > R. C. White, CPA > San Marcos, TX > rc@grandecom.net > Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-9/30/10) > Windows Live Mail Version 2011 (Build 15.4.3502.0922) in Win7 Ultimate x64 > SP1 beta > > > "gun" wrote in message newsb1dc$4cb4c0c4$48316e34$28529@FUSE.NET... > > I am using live mail, what file extensions are being used? (*.dbx) in > outlook express. > I also can't find the path in Win7 where all the news files are being > stored.