I lost all my mail and all folders

[Guest]

Hello All,
I've read all of the previous questions and suggestions about this topic,
but none seem to actally answer the question of whether or not my
mail/folders are recoverable. I've recreated my account and can send and
receive mail, but everything is still lost. When I go to the search bar from
the start button, and type, "windows mail file" all my prior folders and
messages show up, however if I try to open anything, it states that (file
path) could not be opened because it does not exist or is being used by
another application. So let's say that I uninstall my Mcafee Antivirus, will
I be able to restore or access my lost mail/folders? Any help would be
appreciated. FYI, I already tried to perform a "system restore" and it
doesn't appear to have worked. Thanks very much.

 

[Guest]

Hello All,
I've read all of the previous questions and suggestions about this topic,
but none seem to actally answer the question of whether or not my
mail/folders are recoverable. I've recreated my account and can send and
receive mail, but everything is still lost. When I go to the search bar
from
the start button, and type, "windows mail file" all my prior folders and
messages show up, however if I try to open anything, it states that (file
path) could not be opened because it does not exist or is being used by
another application. So let's say that I uninstall my Mcafee Antivirus,
will
I be able to restore or access my lost mail/folders? Any help would be
appreciated. FYI, I already tried to perform a "system restore" and it
doesn't appear to have worked. Thanks very much.

Uninstalling McAfee gets rid of one possible cause, but not all of
the other causes.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for responding Robert, but your response doesn't tell me if the
mail/folders can be recovered. Do you know if that's possible?

 

[Guest]

I don't know. I haven't needed to try to recover any.

 

[Guest]

Thank you. I'll keep trying and post if I find out.

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Hello All,
I've read all of the previous questions and suggestions about this topic,
but none seem to actally answer the question of whether or not my
mail/folders are recoverable. I've recreated my account and can send and
receive mail, but everything is still lost. When I go to the search bar
from
the start button, and type, "windows mail file" all my prior folders and
messages show up, however if I try to open anything, it states that (file
path) could not be opened because it does not exist or is being used by
another application. So let's say that I uninstall my Mcafee Antivirus,
will
I be able to restore or access my lost mail/folders? Any help would be
appreciated. FYI, I already tried to perform a "system restore" and it
doesn't appear to have worked. Thanks very much.

See if you can import messages from that location.

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem. I had deleted the files in
c:\users\(name)\searches\everywhere thinking they were temporary files. I
restored from the recycle bin. I have recovered a few just by chance. I need
the emails in the 'Sent' folder but haven't figured out how to retrieve them.
I'll post here if I find a way.