windows live mail

Repa,

I figure you probalby use web-based e-mail but I figured you could probably answer this quesiton anyway.

I use Windows Live Mail - and I know there are advantage to the web based e-mail - but for now I choose to do it they way I do it

I know you can go it to the client and change where the store is. I have not tried that. I am the only one that uses my computer and I have partitioned my computer and my data is not going on the C drive. But my e-mail is still going there. I would like to move it to one of my other partitions. Is there a problem with dong that?

If not, and if I do that , would I be able to move all my e-mail I already have over to the new location?

Not sure if I will do this or not. But, think I might like to, but don't want to do it if it will cause problems.

I see where to change the location for the mail - but is there a way to chnage the lcoation for the contacts?


Thanks
Fay

See if this article answers your questions:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/190286/move_your_data_to_a_safer_separate_partition_in_windows_7.html

I moved over DOCUMENTS and several other folders under my user name, by using the location tab.

I have not yet moved over the e-mail - but I see I can go into WLM and change the store location.

But I still don't see how to change the locaion for WLM contacts. - mabye I am missing something.
Thid also is not critical so you don't need to spend time reasearchng for me. If I decide I want to do it - maybe I'll tyr going to bleeping computer - haven't been there in a long time.

Thanks for all your help.

Fay

I got my e-mail moved off the C partion to one of my other partit8ions. Haven't messed with the WLM contacts yet.

Seems to be working.

Thanks
Fay

The instructions near the bottom of this webpage appear to include moving the contacts file as well:

http://www.optimizingpc.com/software/windowslivemail.html

Scroll down toward the end of the page and read (including supplied links) after the title

Changing the Windows Live Mail database location

Repa,

I am still missing something.
I moved the Contacts folder the same way I moved the Documents folder.
But I don't think that is the same as the Winsows LIve Contacts - at least as far as I can tell from some other things I have read.
There is a Windows Live Contacts folder in the same location as the WIndows Live Mail folder - it does not have a location tab.
I did not see in the above aritcle or links where it told to move that. I am missing it somehow.
I am really not sure what the difference in the 2 Contacts folders is (the are stored in different lcoations)

Seems like they worked overtime making this as confusing as possible

Fay

From what I was able to find, the real contacts folder is a hidden, protected operating system .edb file and is located by the following path:

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts\{b5f3929f-ba60-4632-ad4e-b602b1c8e007}\DBStore\contacts.edb

Hope this helps.

Repa,
Repa,
I keep my system set so that I can see system and hidden files so I can see that and there is no no location tab there - and I don't see any way in windows live mail to change the location. I guess I should just probably leave the contacts alone.
That is not something that changes often - so I probably don't have to worry too much about routinely backing it up. Besides from some other things I have read and what you said earlier, I don't think I can restore from a straight backup of it anyway. I think there is an export for it in WLM so I guess I should just do that and remember to do it again if I make changes to my contacts - and want to be able to restore.

Wow, sooooo much I don't know or understand
Every time I think I am getting to know a bit more - I find out I don't know anything. LOL

Thanks again,
Fay