WinMail on Win7 64: I ended with 2 "Local Folders"(and more issues)
Dear all:
On 6 JAN 12 I installed WinMail on 1 PC + 1 Laptop running Win 7/64 following the MORE THAN EXCELLENT Tutorial from this site.
WinMail worked fine and survived Win 7 updates/hardware changes/etc. during 3 ½ years (with help from this forum).
Few days ago I got a Win 7 start error not recoverable with Restore and I was forced to reinstall Win 7 with the Upgrade type of installation.
Almost everything worked fine with Win 7, but WinMail didn’t work.
After searching on this forum (and other sources) I opted to start all over again using the updated version of the Tutorial plus the Local Folders of my backup.
This worked fine, some of my custom folders were empty/partially empty and I "solved" (?) that using the WinMail Import function on my backup files.
WinMail is working OK now, but it ended up with:
(please take in account that my OS is in Spanish, so folders, files, etc. names maybe are not exactly as they appear on a English OS) :
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Best regards
Gaita
Dear all:
On 6 JAN 12 I installed WinMail on 1 PC + 1 Laptop running Win 7/64 following the MORE THAN EXCELLENT Tutorial from this site.
WinMail worked fine and survived Win 7 updates/hardware changes/etc. during 3 ½ years (with help from this forum).
Few days ago I got a Win 7 start error not recoverable with Restore and I was forced to reinstall Win 7 with the Upgrade type of installation.
Almost everything worked fine with Win 7, but WinMail didn’t work.

After searching on this forum (and other sources) I opted to start all over again using the updated version of the Tutorial plus the Local Folders of my backup.
This worked fine, some of my custom folders were empty/partially empty and I "solved" (?) that using the WinMail Import function on my backup files.
WinMail is working OK now, but it ended up with:
(please take in account that my OS is in Spanish, so folders, files, etc. names maybe are not exactly as they appear on a English OS) :
- 2 “Local Folders”: “Local Folders” and “Local Folders (1)”
Is it a “normal” situation? If not, What to do?
- Several folders with different:
- “Imported folders”
Is it a “normal” situation? If not, What to do? - “Recovered files”
Is it a “normal” situation? If not, What to do?
- “Imported folders”
- Empty messages with “From: Not specified” and w/o text (“It is not possible to find the content of this message”) mixed/interpersed with normal messages
Is there a way to get rid of the empty messages?
Best regards
Gaita
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My Computer
At a glance
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bits 7601...Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00GHz8,00 GBNVIDIA GeForce 210
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- EXXO
- OS
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
- CPU
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00GHz
- Motherboard
- ECS H61H2-M2
- Memory
- 8,00 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce 210
- Sound Card
- (1) NVIDIA High Definition Audio (2) NVIDIA High Definitio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
- Hard Drives
- (1) ST500DM002-1BD142 ATA Device (2) EPSON Stylus Storage USB Device (3) Generic- Compact Flash USB Device (4) Generic- MS/MS-Pro USB Device (5) Generic- SD/MMC USB Device (6) Generic- SM/xD-Picture USB Device (7) Kingston DT 101 II USB D
- Internet Speed
- 6 GB
- Antivirus
- Microsoft Security Esentials; SpyBot S&D
- Browser
- Firefox & Internet Explorer