Windows Live Mail

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I had a laptop crash (would not boot into Windows). Was running Windows 7 and using Windows Live Mail for email. With most mail apps it uses a .pst. I am using Knoppix to access the hard drive to gather files I need. I'm now on a Windows 10 machine using Windows live mail. Does anyone know what he file name is in Windows Live Mail running on a Win 7 machine?

I've done a ton of google searches and the only thing I can find is that mail is stored as .eml files - which are individual mail messages.

 

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Not sure if this helps Psy

Where are the Windows LIve Mail files saved?
Sandy_Wood
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Where does Windows Live Mail program save it's mail at? Is there something like a .PST file that has all the data? Orange County District Attorney
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Dave N9
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WLM stores emails as individual .eml files.
They are normally located in C:\Users\<userlogin>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail, but you can move the default location.



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Dave N.
MS-MVP (Mail)
Windows 7 Ultimate
http://download.live.com/wlmail

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...es-saved/63217c8f-d773-4826-ab92-7f9189ef2870

 

[PsyOps]

Not sure if this helps Psy

Where are the Windows LIve Mail files saved?
Sandy_Wood
Sandy_Wood asked on

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Where does Windows Live Mail program save it's mail at? Is there something like a .PST file that has all the data? Orange County District Attorney
Orange County District Attorney
26 people had this question

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Dave N9
Dave N9 replied on
WLM stores emails as individual .eml files.
They are normally located in C:\Users\<userlogin>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail, but you can move the default location.



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Dave N.
MS-MVP (Mail)
Windows 7 Ultimate
http://download.live.com/wlmail

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...es-saved/63217c8f-d773-4826-ab92-7f9189ef2870

Yes, this is the link I found where individual messages are stored as .eml's. This isn't helpful since I had several folders created to sort my email. There is no way to import these individual messages into my new mail app. All email apps I've used in the past (Outlook and such) managed email in a .pst file. Using Windows Live Mail in Windows 10, this is the case. But I am unable to find the .pst in my crashed laptop.