Recoving lost emails with Windows Live Mail 2012
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Tonight I was answering an email received on Windows Live Mail 2012. on my laptop. An older laptop nearby was switched on. Both had external mouse. My laptop started jumping around madly. It settled when I disconnected the Mouse on the older laptop and switched it off. However I noticed that the email reply on which was working had disappeared, as had the original email. I checked 3 accounts on my Windows Live mail, only to discover that all the emails on two of the accounts (inbox, sent, deleted, trash etc) had disappeared. There were still emails in my 4th account's inbox (both deleted and sent had disappeared).
Seeking help I came across the following on internet: Navigate to C:\Users\username\AppData\
How can I recover my lost emails?
Tonight I was answering an email received on Windows Live Mail 2012. on my laptop. An older laptop nearby was switched on. Both had external mouse. My laptop started jumping around madly. It settled when I disconnected the Mouse on the older laptop and switched it off. However I noticed that the email reply on which was working had disappeared, as had the original email. I checked 3 accounts on my Windows Live mail, only to discover that all the emails on two of the accounts (inbox, sent, deleted, trash etc) had disappeared. There were still emails in my 4th account's inbox (both deleted and sent had disappeared).
Seeking help I came across the following on internet: Navigate to C:\Users\username\AppData\
How can I recover my lost emails?
ASKER
John I received the email notifying me of your post on my Windows Live Mail - in the inbox of one of my accounts. Does that mean my Live Mail is working?
When I navigate down to 'appdata|local' the next folder should be 'Microsoft'. However what appears next are four folders, none of them 'Microsoft. They are 'Chromatic Browser', 'Comodo', 'Google', and 'Torch'. I've checked these but no Microsoft folder.
When I navigate down to 'appdata|local' the next folder should be 'Microsoft'. However what appears next are four folders, none of them 'Microsoft. They are 'Chromatic Browser', 'Comodo', 'Google', and 'Torch'. I've checked these but no Microsoft folder.
ASKER
Forgot to say there is nothing relevant in the Recycle Bin (although it has not been emptied for a day or two).
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Is there anything I should attempt to recover the lost mails?
If you have Web Mail, the mails might possibly be there. However if downloading removes the mail from the server, there is not much you can do.
Thanks Michael - Sorry you lost all that and there was nothing we could do
C:\Users\username\AppData\
or
C:\Users\username\AppData\
are not there ?
If not, and for sure not, then your mail is possibly gone. Look in the Windows Recycle bin for the folders.