Transferring Windows Live Mail between Users
Dell Dimension 15, 3000 series. I recently upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. I got some support from Microsoft because some of my programs did not work on Windows 10. As a result of this support I now find myself with two User Profiles on my system. One is local. The other is my Microsoft ID (Administrator) account on which all programs work . I want to transfer the contents of My Windows Live Mail (which I have been using for over a year etc) from the local user account to the Administrator Account, All my email accounts / folders etc are on the Local Account it while Windows Live Mail on the Administrator account is empty. How can I achieve this transfer.
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John is right; but, you should ALWAYS import the email as it is tied to the SID of the user which won't be the same and can cause huge problems due to the wrong ownership.
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"Then you should be able to get the data files from C:\Users\username\AppData\
Windows Essentials (including Windows Live Mail) is fully installed and updated on my Windows 10 User system. On the older User (Windows 8.1) system Live Mail plus the Accounts and Folders all appear. IN the Windows 10 system there are no accounts (although the option to install them is obviously there) and no folders full of material. I have made a backup copy of the AppData folder found on the older system. What am I to do next? Replacec the AppData folder on the new system with the AppData folder from the old system??
Windows Essentials (including Windows Live Mail) is fully installed and updated on my Windows 10 User system. On the older User (Windows 8.1) system Live Mail plus the Accounts and Folders all appear. IN the Windows 10 system there are no accounts (although the option to install them is obviously there) and no folders full of material. I have made a backup copy of the AppData folder found on the older system. What am I to do next? Replacec the AppData folder on the new system with the AppData folder from the old system??
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Three of my accounts are Pop3, my fourth has IMAP server. For whatever reason when I set up these three accounts (as well as the IMAP one) on the new system, these accounts disappeared from the older system and all their folders (inbox, outbox, deleted etc) were transferred to the new system.
Then something very mysterious happened during the Windows 10 upgrade and the creating of the new user accounts. POP3 email is stored locally and something must have moved the pertinent Appdata folder in the process. Very weird!
I'm glad it worked out for you.
I'm glad it worked out for you.
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It worked.