Windows Mail in Windows 7 Ultimate - for dummies

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    Windows Mail in Windows 7 Ultimate - for dummies


    I have installed Windows 7 on a friends computer. He is used to using Windows Mail. He could not remember the informations udes for setting up the email-account i Windows Mail, so we exported them to a file, as the program can do.
    But Windows Mail is not included in Windows 7 Ultimate - I can find a folder named Windows Mail including a file called winmail.exe.mui but I can not open it.

    Is there any way I can opden the file and acces Windows Mail ? Or is there a way to open the exported file ( called OEACCOUNT-file) containing the informations necessary to set up at new mail account?

    I do not hae acces to Vista

    I´ve tried to Google it, but it did not help me much.
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  2. Posts : 17,796
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    I think that if you download windows live mail (windows live essentials) you can export the information to that mail client.


    http://download.live.com/
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  3. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Ultimate
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    I have downloaded that, but cannot find a way to import the information - I can only setup a new account using emailadress and password - which I do not have
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    Esseline said:
    I have downloaded that, but cannot find a way to import the information - I can only setup a new account using emailadress and password - which I do not have
    Try going to the top of the mail client, file. Once there, use the import command. Let me know if that works.
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  5. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Ultimate
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    I can only import mails, but not the account...
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  6. Posts : 108
    windows
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    i set up win mail for a friend of mine on my system while he was was waiting for a new psu. i found out very quickly that win mail is a piece of junk. it is so dumbed down from what it was in xp and vista. i finally just uninstalled it and created him a new profile in outlook. go find yourself any other email client other than win mail. save yourself the headache.
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  7. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
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    What you have to do, is set up the new email client and then import the mail. I do not know of a way to transfer the entire account. I will research and get back if I can find a way to solve the password problem
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  8. Posts : 8
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    monkeys breath said:
    i sewt up win mail for a friend of mine while on my system while he was was waiting for a new psu. win mail is a piece of junk. it is so dumbed down from what it was in xp and vista. i finally just uninstalled it and created him a new profile in outlook. go find yourself any other email client other than win mail. save yourself the headache.
    It is not my email, but a friends, he uses it for his firm and need that adress and do not remember the informations used for setting op an account, så that is not possible
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  9. Posts : 108
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    Esseline said:
    monkeys breath said:
    i sewt up win mail for a friend of mine while on my system while he was was waiting for a new psu. win mail is a piece of junk. it is so dumbed down from what it was in xp and vista. i finally just uninstalled it and created him a new profile in outlook. go find yourself any other email client other than win mail. save yourself the headache.
    It is not my email, but a friends, he uses it for his firm and need that adress and do not remember the informations used for setting op an account, så that is not possible
    what email client was he using in the first place. if it was for a business then most likely it was outlook. if that is the case the download the office 2010 beta and open/ import the profile in it.

    http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010...s/default.aspx
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  10. Posts : 8
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    richc46 said:
    What you have to do, is set up the new email client and then import the mail. I do not know of a way to transfer the entire account. I will research and get back if I can find a way to solve the password problem


    I found a way to import it, so now I can send mails from it. But I can not see the mails that I have imported from the old program. The "Imported folder" is empty...
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