retrieve windows mail contacts from a different drive

rogvalcox · Nov 30, 2006

Does anyone know off the top of their head, of a way to retrieve my windows mail contacts via another drive!?!?

To make a long story short...for some reason my totally legit Vista 5728 install all of the sudden decided it wasn't legit and needed another activation and/or re-enter the key!! Well...it will not accept either of the two of my again, totallty legit, keys so now I can't get into my Vista. So I did a new install on another drive and I was just wondering if, since I can access and retirieve files and folders from the other install, if someone knew how I could retireive my e-mail contacts via "my computer" from the new install??

Roger

theefool · Nov 30, 2006

What program are ye using? Windows mail (aka OE)?

DavidGP · Nov 30, 2006

Can you access the now not activated Vista hard drive Roger as a slaved drive?

IF so then naviate to this location where xxxxx is your user name C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail this folder stores the mail for Windows mail

Contacts are stored in this location C:\Users\xxxxx\Contacts ( copy if you can the whole folder )

rogvalcox · Dec 1, 2006

Thanks for the help...you hit it straight on Halo!!

I looked around on the slave drive for I bet an hour and a half, and never seen the contacts folder!! I was more geared to the idea that it would be embedded into the Windows Mail directory, so I gues I didn't think broadly enough...but anyway...Thanks Again!!

Roger

DavidGP · Dec 1, 2006

No probs Roger, this time they made things a little easier to find

Kind of weird you got hit with an activation notice tho, Vista build are as I remember to last until June07 before expiry! I know they testing the activation systems so maybe you got caught up in an update and it flagged up your version, I gained the activation notice and reduced mode a while back though idiot me reinstalling Build 5477 as an upgrade instead of RTM 6000, had to clean install again with correct version that time, but at least I now know what the reduced mode is like if activation has not been done or failed.

rogvalcox · Dec 1, 2006

yeah...kinda had me baffled to!! I'm just wondering that since you say they were doing something with their activation servers...if maybe I try it again in a couple of days!?!?

The confusing thing though...I used the same Key for the new reinstall I did, as the one I tried for the option to re-enter the key, and it was rejected for the re-activation issue but went through fine for when I reinstalled on a new partition!!

Roger

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