Friday, November 23, 2012

How to Locate Windows Live Mail Store Folder

SkyHi @ Friday, November 23, 2012

All emails of Windows Live Mail are saved in Windows Live Mail Store Folder location. Windows Live Mail uses thestandard EML format and creates folders for each user where all EML files are stored.
This Guide will help you know answers to your question like – “Where does Windows Live Mail store messages?”, “Where does Windows Live Mail store contacts?”, “Where does Windows Live Mail store its files?” & “Where does Windows Live Mail Store my emails?”.

Identify & Locate Your Windows Live Mail Store Folder

To identify the folder where Windows Live Mail stores all EML files follow the below steps:
  1. Open Windows Live Mail, Select Tools | Options from Windows Live Mail toolbar. This will display following Options box:

    Locate Windows Live Mail Store Folder
  2. From the Options box go to the Advanced Tab then click the Maintenance button as shown below:

    How to Locate Windows Live Mail Store Folder?

  3. From the Maintenance box, Click the Store Folder button as shown below:

    Identify Windows Live Mail Store Folder
  4. Now this will display the following box having store folder location as shown below:

    Windows Live Mail Store Folder Location
In Windows Live Mail Store location, you can find respective folders for all the users configured in Windows Live Mail. In each users folder all EML Files are stored.
Knowing the location of where does windows live mail store messages & contacts, you can easily review & archive Windows Live Mail emails (.EML files) & you can easily import EML filesconvert Windows Live Mail to Outlookconvert EML to PST .

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