Great call Cornet Nev! Here is the reply I got from RandyL:

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Inside of the C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail directory is the names of the email accounts. They might not be exactly the same names but they are there. Once you locate that folder you will see the different WLM folders inside such as inbox, sent items etc.

Inside of those folders are the email messages. They will have strange names such as 1CD0366B-00000075. Just out of curiosity see what happens if you open one. Maybe the message will open if WLM client does not. Copy and save them.

Also in the C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail directory is the Storage Folders in case you moved any messages there.

Once you reinstall WLM go back to C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail and copy them back to the appropriate folder. I have moved messages in this way and it works. However I didn't reinstall WLM first but I see no reason why it should not. I just can't gaurantee it personally.

WARNING: Do not delete messages manually from this folder or you might have trouble deleting them from WLM.

As for the Contacts WLM uses the Windows 7 Contacts so you shouldn't have to do anything there but if you want to be safe you can copy that folder to a different location.



This is all I wanted. A bit more clarity before I uninstall WLM and lose everything. You were right Bobflatpicker that is the correct path and that's the same path I got from MS but that's it. No further info and when I'm dealing with something important like this I like to have it spelled out because like the man said in a movie "the possibilities for disaster boggles the mind". We do the same thing here too. Most of us give a detailed answer to technical questions for the same reason not a cryptic one sentence that may be correct but still leaves the user with more questions.

Anyone who has a PC related question go to this forum it's the best one I've seen thus far. It's organized just like this one with many categories and a good search function.

Bob

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