Email hiding on my computer somewhere... but where?

Anak said:

If you've just upgraded to Windows 7 and can't find your e‑mail, don't worry—it's not lost. How you retrieve it will depend on the type of installation you've done:

• If you used the Upgrade option during Windows 7 installation, your e‑mail data was kept in place along with your other files. You can use the Import Mail troubleshooter to import your accounts into Windows Live Mail.
• If you used Windows Easy Transfer to migrate your old files and settings, you can also use the Import Mail troubleshooter to import your accounts into Windows Live Mail.
• If you backed up data on an external storage device without using Windows Easy Transfer, you'll need to restore your e‑mail files from a backup on your computer. Then you can import your e‑mail, contacts, and calendar into Windows Live Mail.

This information can be found here:
E-mail - Windows 7 features - Microsoft Windows

As a matter of fact save that link as it is the windows 7 features page, and can guide you through many of the features.

Just check the left side menu for what you would like to know more about.

This got me on the right track. I tried the Import Mail Trouble shooter... it didn't find any problems, but it did suggest other troubleshooting options. This finally lead me to the following web address: Import your e-mail, contacts, and calendar into Windows Live Mail
By following these instructions, I was able to get all our mail. This was such a relief. My husband said he had done this before and it hadn't worked... so maybe it was the re-install of Window 7 that changed something.

Anyway, thanks to all of you who kindly tried to help with my problem. I am very grateful... and very happy that there was a good resolution. Thanks all!

Printer is now working... a microsoft person helped me on the phone and their remote easy assist (you share control of your computer). I guess my husband could have figured that one out... we had to put the info about our printers in again... guess it wasn't saved after the upgrade. Thanks again!