In theory, once this procedure has been followed the files it creates should be available within the OneCare 'Other' category for backup. Though this isn't what you want to hear, it's really the fault of the Windows Live Mail development for creating such a difficult backup/restore process, not OneCare, since no previous Microsoft email package is so difficult to backup.

How to Backup Windows Live Mail Accounts, Contacts and Messages Here's the recommended backup process for Windows Live Mail on an MVP member's Blog site: Also, the OneCare Instant Help only mentions Outlook and Outlook Express file types specifically, so no direct mention of Windows Live Mail is made. This means that any flat file backup such as that contained in OneCare wouldn't be able to completely recover, even if the correct files themselves had been included in the backup. It appears that simply saving a set of files relating to Windows Live Mail itself isn't sufficient to properly restore everything contained in its database. I just want a straight answer is all, meaning no disrespect. I will if I have to, but that kind of takes some confidence out of support from OneCare.Ĭan you tell me definatively one way or the other? Will Windows OneCare backup Windows Live Mail accounts, messages, and contacts, and will it put them back in their original condition on restore? Or not? I would have thought I wouldn't need to buy a third party product. Since I am already paying for Windows Live OneCare, which purports to support Backup and restore, and the product that I want to backup and restore is another Windows Live product. They gave me a manual way to do it (very tedious) and also pointed out several third party products that specifically back up and restore Windows Live Mail. I was unable to learn from the Windows Live Mail team whether OneCare would adequately backup and restore Windows Live Mail or not. Today, my wife's computer had to have Vista reinstalled. The Contacts were restored as separate files, but not as part of Windows Live Mail Contacts and they were not importable into Windows Live Contacts, so I had to retype them all. All the backed up Messages from the various folders in Storage Folders were all put into a single folder on restore and all mixed together. I am afraid OneCare made a mess of Windows LIve Mail. A few months ago I had the experience of trying to restore my Windows Live Mail local data files (made by downloadable WLM applicaiton from Windows Live) from my Windows OneCare BackUp.

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