Where are emails stored on computer

[gazwsx]

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I'm looking for the actual folder(s) where emails in my inbox, outbox, etc. are stored. Is there some way I can access that folder which I assume is somewhere on my hard drive? I have Vista Windows Mail.

[MrChris-]

The default location of Windows Live Mail's Message Store is:

Vista: %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail
(C:\Users\<Windows user account>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail)

[Lillebror]

In order to find all of your data let's make sure we can see all of our data first.

In Windows Vista try the following (note: also works for XP):

• Click "Start"
• Click "Control Panel"
• Click "Folder Options"
• Click "View"
• Click "Show hidden files and folders"
• Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types"
• Click "Apply" and "OK"

In Vista you are using a program called Windows Mail 7 which is basically outlook express reinvented. The path to the .dbx files are located here: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail

[Solomon]

The emails are located here:

C:\users\(your user name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Local Folders

They are the ones with the ".eml" file extension.

[SalVatore]

Recovery for Windows Mail http://www.nsware.com/Windows-Mail-Recovery.htm is one of the first products on the market to support the new Windows email client. It is designed specifically to un-delete email messages in Windows Vista.