Hi, Judy.
Congratulations on recovering your "lost" folder! ;<)
I haven't seen Gary; VM around lately in the few newsgroups that I still
read nowadays (and I almost never visit Forums). But his advice was always
good and I'm glad to see that it lives on for those who can still find it.
Hooray for us packrats! ;<)
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3538.0513) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1
"Judy Salamandick" wrote in message
news:...
Hello;
I have been trying to restore a folder lost in Windows Live Mail for weeks.
Today I discovered this thread and installed Windows Shadow Expolorer and
recovered it! Thank you SO MUCH! I can't tell you how much I appreciate
it!!!
Jude
> On Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:49 PM DaZip wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am running Windows Live Mail Version 2009 Build 14.0.8089.0726 under
> Windows 7. I inadvertently deleted a folder that I had created under one
> of
> the email accounts. I have searched the www and not found how to recover
> this folder and the Emails that were in it.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>> On Thursday, March 18, 2010 7:00 PM Gary VanderMolen [MVP] wrote:
>> Any email or mail folder you delete in Windows Live Mail will be moved
>> to the Deleted Items folder.
>>
>> --=20
>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>> Microsoft MVP program: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>
>>
>>
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>>> On Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:00 PM DaZip wrote:
>>> "Gary VanderMolen [MVP]" <> wrote in
>>>
>>> Hi Gary,
>>>
>>> Well I looked through all items in the Deleted Items folder and could
>>> not
>>> find the deleted folder. I then created a new folder and then deleted
>>> it.
>>> It did show up as a sub folder to the deleted items folder. Any ideas
>>> how I
>>> can get the other folder back? I desperately need those Emails.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>> On Friday, March 19, 2010 12:01 AM Gary VanderMolen [MVP] wrote:
>>>> You must have emptied the Deleted Items folder after that first
>>>> unwanted deletion. When that happens, the only chance you have
>>>> of any recovery is to use a file undelete utility, such as Recuva:
>>>> http://www.piriform.com/recuva
>>>>
>>>> --=20
>>>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>>>> Microsoft MVP program: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> moved
>>>>> On Friday, March 19, 2010 9:44 AM DaZip wrote:
>>>>> "Gary VanderMolen [MVP]" <> wrote in
>>>>>
>>>>> No I did not empty the Deleted Items folder. It still holds 500 items
>>>>> just
>>>>> like it did when I started up Win Mail. I will try the undelete
>>>>> software
>>>>> and see what happens. Does Win Mail have a backup or 'database' I can
>>>>> look
>>>>> into?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>>>> On Friday, March 19, 2010 2:06 PM Gary VanderMolen [MVP] wrote:
>>>>>> You can try compacting the Windows Live Mail database:
>>>>>> Go to Tools, Options, Advanced, Maintenance, then check the
>>>>>> box for "Compact the database on shutdown every X runs".
>>>>>> Change the X number to 1, then click Close, and close WLM.
>>>>>> It will offer to recover unused disk space (a misnomer), click Yes.
>>>>>> Any improvement afterwards?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --=20
>>>>>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>>>>>> Microsoft MVP program: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> software=20
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>>>>>>> On Friday, March 19, 2010 8:16 PM DaZip wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Gary,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried the undelete file software and found nothing that looked
>>>>>>> like the
>>>>>>> missing folder. I found some old folders that came from the transfer
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>> my old maching but that was it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If I try your suggestion below will I lose anything? I really need
>>>>>>> these
>>>>>>> emails back and do not want to reduce the chance to recover them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks again for your help!
>>>>>>>> On Friday, March 19, 2010 8:47 PM whs wrote:
>>>>>>>> If you have a restore point from before you deleted it, you can get
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> back with 'Shadow Explorer' (http://www.shadowexplorer.com/). Just
>>>>>>>> navigate to the folder and right click on it, then Export.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> whs
>>>>>>>>> On Friday, March 19, 2010 9:19 PM Gary VanderMolen [MVP] wrote:
>>>>>>>>> it is probably more productive to look for the individual emails
>>>>>>>>> rather
>>>>>>>>> than the folder they were in. If Recuva did not find a bunch of
>>>>>>>>> .eml =
>>>>>>>>> files,
>>>>>>>>> either they were not really deleted, or else that file space has
>>>>>>>>> already =
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> been overwritten by something else. Either way, you do not lose=20
>>>>>>>>> anything by doing the compaction.=20
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --=20
>>>>>>>>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>>>>>>>>> Microsoft MVP program: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> the=20
>>>>>>>>> from=20
>>>>>>>>> these=20
>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, March 20, 2010 8:51 AM Jeff Layman wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> It is possible to have more than one "Deleted items" folders. For
>>>>>>>>>> example, I
>>>>>>>>>> have one for my email account, and one in "Storage folders".
>>>>>>>>>> Have you
>>>>>>>>>> checked all "Deleted items" folders for you missing deleted
>>>>>>>>>> folder?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, March 20, 2010 2:58 PM cowgirlcooker wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> "DaZip" wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, March 20, 2010 4:21 PM whs wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> With 'Shadow Explorer' (http://www.shadowexplorer.com/) you can
>>>>>>>>>>>> recover
>>>>>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> whs
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