Windows7 Update erases all email in storage folders

Whenever Windows 7 updates, all of my saved email that has been stored in
storage folders is gone.

Outlook Express still shows the From, To, Subject, and date of all
previously stored messages, but
selecting a message dated before the update results in a popup window that
says the message can't be found.

1. What's happening?

2. How do I store email so this doesn't happen?

Tom

Outlook Express isn't supported in Windows 7, and development of Outlook
Express has ceased, I suggest you acquire and install a different e-mail
client.

On 11/4/2011 3:21 PM, shorti wrote:
> Whenever Windows 7 updates, all of my saved email that has been stored
> in storage folders is gone.
>
> Outlook Express still shows the From, To, Subject, and date of all
> previously stored messages, but
> selecting a message dated before the update results in a popup window
> that says the message can't be found.
>
> 1. What's happening?
>
> 2. How do I store email so this doesn't happen?
>
> Tom
>

On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 15:21:09 -0500, "shorti" <>
wrote:

>Whenever Windows 7 updates, all of my saved email that has been stored in
>storage folders is gone.
>
>Outlook Express still shows the From, To, Subject, and date of all
>previously stored messages, but
>selecting a message dated before the update results in a popup window that
>says the message can't be found.
>
>1. What's happening?
>
>2. How do I store email so this doesn't happen?
>
>Tom

Step 1: use an email client that works in and is supported by Win 7.

Step: storage folders? Please explain what that is and why you think
Windows Updates have something to do it.

--

Char Jackson

On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 15:21:09 -0500, "shorti" <>
wrote:

>Whenever Windows 7 updates, all of my saved email that has been stored in
>storage folders is gone.
>
>Outlook Express still shows the From, To, Subject, and date of all
>previously stored messages, but
>selecting a message dated before the update results in a popup window that
>says the message can't be found.
>
>1. What's happening?
>
>2. How do I store email so this doesn't happen?
>
>Tom


Microsoft are trembling in the long grass over this one. I had a
similar experience a few weeks ago when an overnight update shuffled
my Explorer folders. Hence my Outlook10 folders needed rearranging,
and it all took a lot of work. Bah!

shorti wrote:

> Whenever Windows 7 updates, all of my saved email that has been stored in
> storage folders is gone.
>
> Outlook Express still shows the From, To, Subject, and date of all
> previously stored messages, but
> selecting a message dated before the update results in a popup window that
> says the message can't be found.
>
> 1. What's happening?
>
> 2. How do I store email so this doesn't happen?
>
> Tom

Unless you take extraordinary measures to get OE running under Windows
7, it is doubtful that you are using OE under Windows 7. Since Windows
7 doesn't come with any e-mail client, and since it seems unlikely (but
possible) you are running OE on Windows 7, just what e-mail client are
you using where "all of saved e-mail stored in folders" is gone? OE
saves into .dbx files, not folders as does, say, Windows Live Mail.

Are you using OE on Windows 7? If so, just how did you get OE on that
OS (which comes absent of ANY e-mail client)? Did you mean WLM or
another e-mail client and mention OE by mistake?

Just WHAT is the folder under which all e-mails (in some unidentified
format) that gets erased? If you managed to get OE installed on Windows
7 (in the Windows XP virtual machine called XP Mode) then the path to
its .dbx files is based on that OS. The path it uses might not work if
somehow you otherwise transplated OE into Windows 7 proper.

On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:19:19 +1100, Peter Jason <> wrote:

>On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 15:21:09 -0500, "shorti" <>
>wrote:
>
>>Whenever Windows 7 updates, all of my saved email that has been stored in
>>storage folders is gone.
>>
>>Outlook Express still shows the From, To, Subject, and date of all
>>previously stored messages, but
>>selecting a message dated before the update results in a popup window that
>>says the message can't be found.
>>
>>1. What's happening?
>>
>>2. How do I store email so this doesn't happen?
>>
>>Tom
>
>
>Microsoft are trembling in the long grass over this one. I had a
>similar experience a few weeks ago when an overnight update shuffled
>my Explorer folders. Hence my Outlook10 folders needed rearranging,
>and it all took a lot of work. Bah!

I take hence to mean that the second thing logically followed the
first thing, but Explorer folders aren't related to Outlook folders,
so "Bah!" indeed.

--

Char Jackson

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:43:16 -0500, Char Jackson <>
wrote:

>On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:19:19 +1100, Peter Jason <> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 15:21:09 -0500, "shorti" <>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Whenever Windows 7 updates, all of my saved email that has been stored in
>>>storage folders is gone.
>>>
>>>Outlook Express still shows the From, To, Subject, and date of all
>>>previously stored messages, but
>>>selecting a message dated before the update results in a popup window that
>>>says the message can't be found.
>>>
>>>1. What's happening?
>>>
>>>2. How do I store email so this doesn't happen?
>>>
>>>Tom
>>
>>
>>Microsoft are trembling in the long grass over this one. I had a
>>similar experience a few weeks ago when an overnight update shuffled
>>my Explorer folders. Hence my Outlook10 folders needed rearranging,
>>and it all took a lot of work. Bah!
>
>I take hence to mean that the second thing logically followed the
>first thing, but Explorer folders aren't related to Outlook folders,
>so "Bah!" indeed.

One is tempted to conclude that concurrent events have the same
underlying cause. Not always true of course...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality
Anyway the Outlook10 was throwing up error messages about "not found"
and this disappeared when I rearranged the Explorer folders to their
original configuration.

On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:42:55 +1100, Peter Jason <> wrote:

>On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:43:16 -0500, Char Jackson <>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:19:19 +1100, Peter Jason <> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 15:21:09 -0500, "shorti" <>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Whenever Windows 7 updates, all of my saved email that has been stored in
>>>>storage folders is gone.
>>>>
>>>>Outlook Express still shows the From, To, Subject, and date of all
>>>>previously stored messages, but
>>>>selecting a message dated before the update results in a popup window that
>>>>says the message can't be found.
>>>>
>>>>1. What's happening?
>>>>
>>>>2. How do I store email so this doesn't happen?
>>>>
>>>>Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>Microsoft are trembling in the long grass over this one. I had a
>>>similar experience a few weeks ago when an overnight update shuffled
>>>my Explorer folders. Hence my Outlook10 folders needed rearranging,
>>>and it all took a lot of work. Bah!
>>
>>I take hence to mean that the second thing logically followed the
>>first thing, but Explorer folders aren't related to Outlook folders,
>>so "Bah!" indeed.
>
>One is tempted to conclude that concurrent events have the same
>underlying cause. Not always true of course...
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality
>Anyway the Outlook10 was throwing up error messages about "not found"
>and this disappeared when I rearranged the Explorer folders to their
>original configuration.

No problem, it's an easy trap to fall into, and you may have done it
twice. First, equating a possible overnight update to your Explorer
folders getting "shuffled", whatever that means, and second, equating
the Outlook issue with the Explorer issue.

If the Outlook issue happens again, make a note of the actual error
message in its entirety. It may be something that needs to be fixed
rather than ignored.

--

Char Jackson

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:07:10 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

> On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:42:55 +1100, Peter Jason <> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:43:16 -0500, Char Jackson <>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:19:19 +1100, Peter Jason <> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 15:21:09 -0500, "shorti" <>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Whenever Windows 7 updates, all of my saved email that has been stored in
>>>>>storage folders is gone.
>>>>>
>>>>>Outlook Express still shows the From, To, Subject, and date of all
>>>>>previously stored messages, but
>>>>>selecting a message dated before the update results in a popup window that
>>>>>says the message can't be found.
>>>>>
>>>>>1. What's happening?
>>>>>
>>>>>2. How do I store email so this doesn't happen?
>>>>>
>>>>>Tom
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Microsoft are trembling in the long grass over this one. I had a
>>>>similar experience a few weeks ago when an overnight update shuffled
>>>>my Explorer folders. Hence my Outlook10 folders needed rearranging,
>>>>and it all took a lot of work. Bah!
>>>
>>>I take hence to mean that the second thing logically followed the
>>>first thing, but Explorer folders aren't related to Outlook folders,
>>>so "Bah!" indeed.
>>
>>One is tempted to conclude that concurrent events have the same
>>underlying cause. Not always true of course...
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality
>>Anyway the Outlook10 was throwing up error messages about "not found"
>>and this disappeared when I rearranged the Explorer folders to their
>>original configuration.
>
> No problem, it's an easy trap to fall into, and you may have done it
> twice. First, equating a possible overnight update to your Explorer
> folders getting "shuffled", whatever that means, and second, equating
> the Outlook issue with the Explorer issue.
>
> If the Outlook issue happens again, make a note of the actual error
> message in its entirety. It may be something that needs to be fixed
> rather than ignored.

OTOH, I haven't the faintest idea what an "Explorer Folder" is.

Or more accurately, I have several ideas and no way to choose among
them.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On 11/4/2011 16:21, shorti wrote:
> Whenever Windows 7 updates, all of my saved email that has been stored
> in storage folders is gone.
>
> Outlook Express still shows the From, To, Subject, and date of all
> previously stored messages, but
> selecting a message dated before the update results in a popup window
> that says the message can't be found.
>
> 1. What's happening?

Windows 7 and Outlook Express... That's definitely a layer 8 error, no
fix for that.
>
> 2. How do I store email so this doesn't happen?

Get mail, print it, bound the pages, that worked for the past 3000 years.

>
> Tom
>