Lost Contacts after adding a new e-mail account to Windows Live Mail Version 2009

05. May 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: ,
On my Windows 7 online racing computer I have my GP******mc@hotmail e-mail account setup using Windows Live Mail and On my wife's Windows 7 desktop computer in the other end of the house I have my Hu********** Email address is removed for privacy *** and P*********1942@gmail accounts setup using Windows Live Mail also. Since I use her desktop most of the time (and the racing computer is powered off most of the time) I thought it would be great if I could check my GP******mc@hotmail on her computer. I know I could check it using a browser but that's one more step plus the contacts don't show up that way. So I added GP******mc@hotmail to the exiting Windows Live Mail on her computer a couple of days ago. Everything was working great (I thought. All three e-mail accounts showing up in WLM) until I went to send out a new e-mail from my Hu********** Email address is removed for privacy *** account when I discovered, to my horror, that all 75 or so contacts had been replaced by the 17 GP******mc@hotmail contacts. I noted that at the upper right corner of WLM that WLM was signed in as GP******mc@hotmail. When I signed in as t********* Email address is removed for privacy *** (which is the only other Microsoft account I can remember) all contacts go away. If I try to sign WLM in as Hu*******d@gmail or P*********1942@gmail it says the accounts (Microsoft Accounts) do not exist. Since I have a lot of Sent e-mail saved in each of those two accounts I could probably look at each one using properties to get the e-mail address which each was sent to (except most were sent using Bcc: and no address shows up) and manually re-entering them but that would take quite a while. A small number of the lost people have in the past sent me e-mail so It was no problem right clicking on those e-mail and clicking on add to address list. But that still leaves me short over 50 e-mail address. Do you know of any other way of getting my lost contacts back? I thought of doing a System Restore to an earlier date but discovered that System Restore Point was never created (I swear it was at one time because I always do that when setting up a computer). If by chance that WLM was logged into a Microsoft ID (before I added the 3rd account) that I have forgotten, is there anyway to find out what other Microsoft IDs I may have. All I need is the ID because once I have the ID I would probably remember the PW.

WLM used to allow…

02. May 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: livemail · Tags:

I used to be able to set the interval when WLM would check for new emails.  That setting has been removed from properties.  Does anyone know how to set this or why that feature has been removed?

Thanks

WLM contacts don’t match my user contacts

30. April 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: livemail · Tags: , ,
Hi. I have about 500 contacts in my windows contacts folder under c:/users/helen/contacts or something like that (!) but I have over 1000 in the contacts section of my Windows Live Mail program. I thought they were supposed to sync with each other or one feed from the other so that they are the same and so when you delete or add to one you delete or add to the other automatically? I thought that the windows contacts folder on my C drive fed the contacts folder in my WLM. Can anyone tell me why the two contacts databases for want of a better word aren't the same as each other/one and the same? And how I can get them to match other than manually adding or deleting contacts which would only be a short term solution.

Mail can’t send to contact groups since Windows Live Mail Update

29. April 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: livemail · Tags: ,

My contact groups worked OK yesterday but then I installed the WLM update*.  Today my contact groups no longer work in Mail.  They are still correct in Contacts; when I click 'To' and start typing, the group is recognised and enters, formatted as normal, into the 'To' panel.  However when I try to send, WLM can't find any contacts.  Right clicking on the Group name and 'Edit' would previously show the contacts but the group is empty.  This in spite of the fact that in 'Contacts' they're all present and correct in their group.

Unsure whether this was a bug or an installation problem I ran Repair (Control Panel>Programs and Features>Windows Essentials 2012>Repair) and it reported a successful repair but I still have the problem.  Is this a newly created bug?

*WLM 2012 (Build 16.4.3528.0331)

Windows 7 SP1 64 bit

Can I transfer contacts from one account to another within Windows Live Mail 2012?

28. April 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: livemail · Tags: ,

I'm running Windows Live Mail 2012 on a Windows 8 machine.  I have both a personal and a work email account (both Hotmail) setup in Windows Live Mail.  I recently added numerous contacts into WLM for work, and it never asked me to which account I wanted them added.  They all ended up on my personal account, unfortunately, which I discovered when I tried to send a work email from home through the outlook.com website and discovered none of my contacts were there.  Is there a simple way to transfer these contacts from one account to another (either within WLM or via Outlook.com or my Windows Phone) or am I looking at having to re-add these contacts all over again?

Thanks.

Unusual activity in Windows Live Mail

27. April 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: , ,

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Hello. I've been searching different topics about this issue but I didn't manage to get over with this.

It all started from an automatic Windows Essentials update, when I opened WLM. The rest of my mails work fine, but the primary one seems to have this problem. I can't load any e-mail and when I click OK I'm prompted to some account changes that I can't understand. I successfully changed password but I can't get rid of this error.

I'm running a scan in safe mode right now, but I'm not sure wether it's caused by malware-virus or not, because I get the same error when I open WLM from my netbook. Just for the record, the mail is *** Email address is removed for privacy ***

Thanks in advance.

Windows Live mail crashes internet connection

24. April 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: , , ,

When I start Windows Live Mail 2011 with the internet connection enabled, the connection goes down and I have to reboot the router. Starting WLM with the network disabled and then starting the network lets me receive and send emails. Another computer on the same router running WLM 2011 works fine. Both machines are running Win 7.

Help,

Bob

Windows Live Mail will not download email after Windows Essentials update

24. April 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: livemail · Tags: , ,

A few days ago, I got a notice that a Windows Essentials update was available. I ran the update, and Windows Live Mail 2012 became unable to download email from any of my email providers, including Comcast and Gmail. No error message - just the timeout "wait or stop" pop-up. Eventually, WLM would stop responding. I ran a system restore, and WLM is back to downloading email as expected.

I'm running Windows 8.1, although I have not yet been able to install the recent 8.1 update (another frustrating story).

Any one run into the same issue after the Essentials update, and if so, was it resolved?

Thanks!

How do I have an auto ‘Subject’ text in WLM?

24. April 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: livemail · Tags: , ,

How do I have an auto 'Subject' text in Windows Live Mail 2011?

I would like to use a subject text automatically any time I write a new mail in WLM so to avoid typing any time the subject. I would appreciate if anyone could give me an idea on how to do it.

Too Many “Crud” Folders

23. April 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: livemail · Tags: ,
I imported my Outlook 2007 pst file into WLM. I now have the following folders: Deleted Items, Junk E-Mail, Trash, and Spam. I don't need all these, so I would like to do two things. I would like to assign all Trash and Spam functions to the Junk E-Mail folder. Next I would like to delete both Trash and Spam folders. On the first item, I cannot find where in WLM to assign specific folder functions. On the second item, when I try and delete either Trash or Spam folders I get the error message,"the MAPI server does not allow" either folder to be deleted. Looking for suggests on how to resolve this. Also, when I was using Outlook 2007 I did not have either 'Trash' or 'Spam' Folders. They were only added after I opened WLM.
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