Hi, Peter - and Roger.
> after I had dragged several *folders* out of 'Imported items', then
> deleted the 'Imported Items' folder, I noticed that within my Message
> Store folder, all those folders and their messages were still under the
> folder called 'Imported Items'.
Don't drag the folder from Imported Items. Highlight the folder in Imported
items so that you can see all the messages there. Then Select All (Ctrl+A)
and drag the whole group of individual messages to the Storage Folder where
you want them to be. Then delete that Imported Items folder.
In fact, you probably can delete the entire Imported Items folder tree in
one step, once you've moved all the messages out of the bottom rung on that
ladder. Well, two steps if you are impatient: The deleted folder tree will
stay in Deleted Items until you "permanently" delete it. Or you can just
wait until you close WLM if you set Tools | Options | Advanced | Maintenance
to Empty messages from the "Deleted Items" folder on exit.
RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
"Peter.R" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Ah, for some reason, WLMail does not like exporting to external hard
> drives. I got an error message trying to export but a few messages onto my
> USB ThumbDrive with 1.9GB of free space, and my external hard drive with
> 28GB of free space.
> As for moving the imported folders, well I learnt not to drag one
> folder under Storage folders into another, because the folder and its
> messages is not actually moved. Only the link in the database is changed.
> For instance, after I had dragged several *folders* out of 'Imported
> items', then deleted the 'Imported Items' folder, I noticed that within my
> Message Store folder, all those folders and their messages were still
> under the folder called 'Imported Items'. Thus, the Message store can get
> real messy and confusing doing that.
> Also, renaming a 'folder' under 'Storage folders' does not actually
> rename the folder within the Message Store folder, so to keep things tidy
> within my Message store, I don't rename any folders under 'Storage
> folders' (I just create a new folder and move all the messages into it).
> So your best option I think, is to create new folders under 'Storage
> folders' (right-click on 'Storage folders' ->New folder...) and drag (or
> use something like: Edit>Move to folder...) your imported messages into
> them.
> --
> Cheers,
> Peter
> ---------------
> "Roger George" <> wrote in message
> news:7C655143-7A0D-4AF7-919F-...
>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> The problem was that WLM would not export directly to a folder on a USB
>> flash memory stick. Exporting first to a folder on the desktop and then
>> copying to the USB flash memory worked fine. The only grumble that I
>> have
>> now is that the folders containing the messages are buried inside Storage
>> Folders>Imported Folders>Storage Folders>Imported Folders>Folders
>> Containing
>> Messages. Not sure why this happened or how to pull the folders
>> containing
>> the messages out so that they just sit in the first Storage Folder
>> listed??
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your interest :-)
>>
>> Roger
>>
>> "Roger George" wrote:
>>
>>> Can anyone tell me the best way to transfer WLF storage folders from my
>>> old
>>> laptop (Windows Xp, Norton Internet Security) to my new laptop (Vista
>>> Premium, Norton Anti-Virus, Windows firewall)? I have tried exporting
>>> the
>>> folders to a USB flash memory on the old laptop and then importing on
>>> the new
>>> one, but the imported folder is empty.
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