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• Using Windows with Windows Live Mail contacts

  Have updated the hard drive and installed vista with sp2.  Have installed Windows Live Mail 2011 and imported messages and copied contacts from the contacts to users from the old drive to the same folder on the new drive. Windows Live Mail contacts did not automatically import contacts so I tried address book import for windows user option current without success.   How can I access these contacts with Windows Live Mail it please?

  Hello

  The question you have posted is related to Windows Live Mail and would be better suited to Windows Live Mail Discussion groups. Please visit the link provided to find a community that will provide the support you want.

  http://windowslivehelp.com/product.aspx?ProductID=15

  See also: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/importing-your-e-mail-contacts-and-calendar-into-windows-live-mail

• XP: Outlook Express to Windows Live Mail - Emails have disappeared

  My boss had some problems a few months where a piece of his e-mails have been deleted.  Like a year or two of a value.  He had a ton of emails in their Inbox.  Just recently he started having the same e-mail repeatedly.  I decided to download windows live mail and install it on his computer.  It is running XP.

  I installed live mail.  He acknowledged the current e-mail account, he is using Outlook Express (POP3).  However, there is only the latest e-mail messages.  So, I went to windows live mail and click on file - import - and I imported Outlook Express 6.  He asked me what files and I clicked on the button that says it all.

  He went through the process and declared finished.  It was supposed to put the files in the storage folder.  I check the records of storage and there is nothing in the Inbox sent items folder has its old emails in them.  I looked around, in the other Inbox for the normal email account there and there is nothing more.

  I'm going to switch back to outlook express and its Inbox has no emails as well.  I'm like ooohhhh _.  If anyone can help, I would really appreciate it.

  I don't know if it compacted emails in outlook express.

  Thanks in advance - James

  For now, let's deal with Outlook Express.

  Two reasons the most common for what you describe is disruption of the compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), or bloated folders. More about that below.

  Why OE insists on compacting folders when I close it? :
  http://www.insideoe.com/FAQs/why.htm#compact
   
  Why mail disappears:
  http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone
   
  About file Corruption:
  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

  Recovery methods:

  If you use XP/SP2 or SP3, and are fully patched, then you should have a backup of your dbx files in the Recycle Bin (or possibly the message store), copied as bak files.

  To restore a folder bak on the message store folder, first find the location of the message store.

  Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Note the location and navigate on it in Explorer Windows or, copy and paste in start | Run.

  In Windows XP, the .dbx files are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in the Solution Explorer, you must enable Show hidden files and folders under start | Control Panel | Folder options | View.

  Close OE and in Windows Explorer, click on the dbx to the file missing or empty file, then drag it to the desktop. It can be deleted later once you have successfully restored the bak file. Minimize the message store.

  Open OE and, if the folder is missing, create a folder with the * exact * same name as the bak file you want to restore but without the .bak. For example: If the file is Saved.bak, the new folder should be named saved. Open the new folder, and then close OE. If the folder is there, but just empty, continue to the next step.

  First of all, check if there is a bak file already in the message. If there is, and you have removed the dbx file, go ahead and rename it in dbx.

  If it is not already in the message, open the trash and do a right-click on the file bak for the folder in question and click on restore. Open the message store up and replace the .bak by .dbx file extension. Close the message store and open OE. Messages must be in the folder.

  If messages are restored successfully, you can go ahead and delete the old dbx file that you moved to the desktop.
   
  If you have not then bak copies of your dbx files in the Recycle Bin:

  DBXpress run in extract disc Mode is the best chance to recover messages:
  http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/default.aspx

  And see:
  http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

  A general warning to help avoid this in the future:

  Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They finally are damaged. Create your own folders defined by the user for mail storage and move your mail to them. Empty the deleted items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 300 MB, and also empty as is possible to default folders.

  Disable analysis in your e-mail anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that devours the CPUs, slows down sending and receiving and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs, account setting changes and has even been responsible for the loss of messages. Your up-to-date A / V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more information, see:
  http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

  And backup often.

  Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB Freeware)
  http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/default.aspx

  Bruce Hagen ~ MS - MVP [Mail]

• BlackBerry Smartphones Windows Live Mail contacts

  I have my contacts from Windows Live Mail on my BB and they always synchoronized automatically until now, when they seem to have stopped.  I could never understand how or when they synchronized, because sometimes he tookd days, and then all of a sudden this happened.  Can someone shed light on this situation and tell me how to get my BB to refresh and update my contacts from Windows Live Mail?

  Problem solved.  I don't know why my contacts stopped syncing, but I uninstalled my hotmail account and then reinstalled and now the synchronization works as it should.  As a matter of interest, the checkbox for synchronize completely disappeared during the time, I was unable to synchronize.  He is now back and verification.

• Windows Live Mail Contacts problem...

  Hello...

  I could use some help.  : )

  Background: I installed Windows Live Mail on your laptop Windows 8.1.  Apparently somewhere during the process of adding additional e-mail accounts - Gmail account more specifically he asked do you want to include contacts.  I said yes!  Error!  It resulted in each contact showing 2 times on my Windows 7 laptop running Windows Live.

  Question: I have now each contact in my list of contacts twice.  It says 'address book' under the name and can be edited.  The other has no indication, and my best guess is that it's the Gmail account contact.

  That's what I see on laptops respective...  1.) 8.1 portable Windows - people shows only 1 time contact.  (2.) for laptop Windows 7 - Windows Live shows each 2 times contact

  Tried: 1) software, Windows Live has two contacts.  2.), remove all contacts in Gmail, Windows Live still has these two contacts.

  I'm at a lost how do I solve this problem...  Thanks for your help.

  Sandi

  I do not believe that your explanation of how this happened is quite accurate. If you add an e-mail account in Windows Live Mail, there is no question of whether contacts should be included - email and contacts are completely separate processes in Windows Live Mail.

  If you see contacts in Windows Live Mail, which are not ' of address book ", then you must be signed in to Windows Live Mail with a Microsoft Account (which could be your Gmail account). If this account is connected to Google, Google contacts will eventually synchronize with Windows Live Mail. You cannot change these contacts in Windows Live Mail.

  To break the connection, click on the rightmost button on the home Ribbon tab and select view account information. Sign in to your account again, and then click permissions.
   
  1. click on services and applications Manage.
  2. click on Edit in the connected Google service you want to remove from your account
  3. click on remove this connection completely.
  4. click on Remove.

  Back in Windows Live Mail. Click again on the button to the right and select sign out of Windows Live Mail. Wait a few minutes, and then click New and connect. Check your list of contacts.

• I can't find how to create a group list rom installed contacts window Live Mail contact.

  Recently installed Live mail and as far as I can see there is no place to create a group list to send more than one person at5 e-mail once.  I couldn't transfer my list of Outlook 2002 Group to live mail;

  Given that you wrote "recently installed Live mail...". ", I assume you meant Windows Live Mail 2011 .

  If not, please ignore the following.

  If Yes...
  Open WLM 2011 > at the bottom left, click the icon that represents Contacts

  

  at the top, click on category (category = group) > enter the name of the Group > select contacts who will be in the Group > click Save when done.

  

• Windows XP Home Edition and Windows Live Mail Contacts

  I looked on my Windows Live email online account & saw 1372 contacts & Contacts Windows Live on my computer, I saw 9395 contacts include several quadruple contacts... On my PC, in Windows Live Mail > go > Contacts & I see the Windows Live Contacts on my computer... what folder stores these contacts on my PC because I was manually remove extra contacts 3 accurate for each of them good?

  Thank you
  RS

  Hi Ristrawn,

  Thank you for visiting the website of Microsoft Windows Vista Community. The question you have posted is related to Windows Live and would be better suited to the online community. Please visit the link below to find a community that will support what ask you

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/default.aspx

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• Windows Live Mail Contact

  How can I remove "Echo Sound Test Service" my contacts in Windows Live Mail.   I have Windows 7 and I don't have a Skype account.  I have not add this contact 'remove them' button is grayed.   I just spent the last 2 hours trying to remove this contact.  It has been very frustrating.

  You may not have a Skype account but echo is Skype and Skype can only be deleted.  I saw several times and I'm starting to wonder if Microsoft doesn't create Skype accounts for all its accounts of Microsoft. AFAIK, you can't remove echo from anywhere but Skype.  I learned to live with it

• Windows live mail-contacts

  Windows live mail - I can access my contacts, but I can not remove, modify, or create a new contact. I get the message "unable to save".

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  Control Panel > programs and features > uninstall programs

  Select Windows Live Essentials

  Select repair Windows Live Essentials

• Windows Live Mail Contacts section

  In the section contacts Windows Live Mail if I drag a contact of 'All the Contacts' in a subfolder how to remove the contact from the 'All Contacts' section while keeping in the subfolder?

  The system of contacts in Windows Live Mail does not use the folders or subfolders. What you see are categories, which are more like labels. Learn more about the categories here: what happened to contact groups?

• Windows Live Mail freezes / crashes if I try to use the sections of then only connected to Windows Live Mail CONTACTS

  I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate x 64. I use applications of windows live with the exception of 'family safety' (which is not currently installed).
  All applications work well except for Live Mail which freezes when I'm connected and click contacts.
  No problem sending, receipt or writing emails. No problem adding contacts to an email (even if I am connected to Live).
  Simply, it freezes when I'm connected and click on the option of the application contacts. Or if I am in touch and then sign in to Windows Live.

  I did a repair of all windows Live products. I also followed another troubleshooting tutorial and changed the name of the folder 'contacts' to allow Live Mail re - sync contacts when I signed up again. None of these worked.

  I would prefer not to have to re - install the app altogether if it can be avoided.

  Any help is very appreciated!

  Hello
   
  The question you have posted is related to Windows Live Mail and would be better suited to the Windows Live Mail community. Please visit the link below to find a community that will provide the best support.
  http://windowslivehelp.com/product.aspx?ProductID=15

• How to remove Facebook from Windows Live Mail contacts

  I know that I tried this issue before and tried every obvious answer which is suggested, you name it I tried it. I also looked at the answers of moderators to others, and none of them suggests anything that I have not tried. I truly believe that the only people who could answer this question is Microsoft, but they want you to pay for them to solve what is their fault. Anyone can confirm I'm fair around Microsoft (bastards of moneygrabbing, is Bill Gates until its last billion) or can someone give me an answer that really works. If you can, I'm sure you'd be the answer to the prayers of all those hundreds of people having the same problem.

  What obvious answers? Tried what? Answers to all the moderators? We have no idea what you have done other than a useless mouth. What a waste of prayers when there are more important things in life.

  Windows Live Mail is supported in this forum
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/Forum/LIVEmail?tab=all

• My Windows Live Mail Contact Database is Gone

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  This forum is for Microsoft Security Essentials.

  Using Windows Live email, please go here.

  http://explore.live.com/Windows-Live-Help-Center

• WHERE ARE FILES OF WINDOWS LIVE MAIL CONTACTS?

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  need to know even for Internet Explorer saved favorite - when they are deposited?

  View all Windows Live and Hotmail questions in the appropriate forum found here:
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• Window live - mail - contacts - calendar iphone4s working?

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