Am a newbie here - so Hello all....
Need some help please.
Trying to save emails to a disc.
But Windows 8.1 doesn't seem to allow me to simply copy and paste to a disc in the files / format I want.
I did not realise that my mobile / laptop / server were all synced. I used to have a POP account. But Windows 8.1 automatically gives you IMAP - and this syncs every gadget. Unfortunately I did not realise that when I was deleting emails off the server (to create more space) I was simultaneously deleting emails on my laptop. I thus deleted super sensitive and super important emails that I thought I had safely saved on my laptop in neat files in Windows Mail.
I have followed a tutorial on here to find all emails hidden on my laptop.
This I did by going into Folder Options and unselecting the Hidden Files box. So far so great. Suddenly all my emails since I bought the laptop at Xmas appeared in .eml format.
So then I followed the next tutorial about saving them to a shortcut on the desk top. Did that. Then backed up to a disc.
Very stupidly I then created a problem.
Somehow when I clicked on one of the .eml emails I pressed the wrong button.
The system asked me how I wanted to open the .eml file. And somehow I pressed Internet Explorer. So now my whole backlog of emails are ALL saved with the IE motif and I can't read any of them and don't know how to change it back.
I tried re-saving them on a 2nd shortcut - but that didn't work either - the system still wants me to open every saved .eml email with Internet Explorer.
I just can not figure out how to change the way .eml is opened.
Can someone please help?
Also - advise on how I read these .eml emails in the future will be most useful!!
Do I somehow have to re-import them into Windows Mail ?
Really hope to get some feedback soon. Thanks.
Need some help please.
Trying to save emails to a disc.
But Windows 8.1 doesn't seem to allow me to simply copy and paste to a disc in the files / format I want.
I did not realise that my mobile / laptop / server were all synced. I used to have a POP account. But Windows 8.1 automatically gives you IMAP - and this syncs every gadget. Unfortunately I did not realise that when I was deleting emails off the server (to create more space) I was simultaneously deleting emails on my laptop. I thus deleted super sensitive and super important emails that I thought I had safely saved on my laptop in neat files in Windows Mail.
I have followed a tutorial on here to find all emails hidden on my laptop.
This I did by going into Folder Options and unselecting the Hidden Files box. So far so great. Suddenly all my emails since I bought the laptop at Xmas appeared in .eml format.
So then I followed the next tutorial about saving them to a shortcut on the desk top. Did that. Then backed up to a disc.
Very stupidly I then created a problem.
Somehow when I clicked on one of the .eml emails I pressed the wrong button.
The system asked me how I wanted to open the .eml file. And somehow I pressed Internet Explorer. So now my whole backlog of emails are ALL saved with the IE motif and I can't read any of them and don't know how to change it back.
I tried re-saving them on a 2nd shortcut - but that didn't work either - the system still wants me to open every saved .eml email with Internet Explorer.
I just can not figure out how to change the way .eml is opened.
Can someone please help?
Also - advise on how I read these .eml emails in the future will be most useful!!
Do I somehow have to re-import them into Windows Mail ?
Really hope to get some feedback soon. Thanks.