Comments on: Vista: What To Do When You Cannot Delete a Message in Windows Mail

By: Rian

Rian — Mon, 09 May 2011 03:05:00 +0000

To restore the mails

1. open
Windows Mail – you see the inbox etc are all empty, close again Windows Mail.2. Now open C:Usersyour username/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsMail
.

You will see there is a new folder named Local Folder (1) – in my case that is the name..maybe you find similar name.

3. You must exchange the name, so you change name Local Folder (1) –> Local Folder A ( for example ).. and change Local Folder –> became Local Folder (1)

4. Open again Windows Mail.. then the windows Mail will restore all the folders and mails within.

5. After you checked if all correct, you can delete the folder Local Folder A.. which now is unneeded..

It is worked in my case.. I hope it works also for you.

By: carol

carol — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:28:00 +0000

This is what I keep getting when I want to date…I have Vista and my e-mail messages will not delete.. I did this and it did not work..

The host ‘pop.cental.cox.net’ could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly.
Account: ‘pop.cental.cox.net’, Server: ‘pop.cental.cox.net’, Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number: 0×800CCC0D

By: Nik_666

Nik_666 — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:12:00 +0000

the removed all my mails,how the hell do i get them back?

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:43:00 +0000

Nice guy!

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:09:00 +0000

I have Vista. I want to empty my deleted items folder.
When I right click on DELETED ITEMS and select EMPTY DELETED ITEMS
FOLDER, I get ARE YOU SURE… and click YES.
Nothing happens.
I now have over 3,000 deleted items.
Help.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:44:00 +0000

Thanks..It worked like a charm for me..

By: Hozefa KB

Hozefa KB — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:19:00 +0000

i am not getting any errors, the email itself is restored back to inbox. even after refreshing and clicking on “send and recieve all”, the message is there. am i missing something?

By: s0merand0md00d

s0merand0md00d — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:40:00 +0000

If you are unable to delete a message in Windows Mail (getting “An unknown error has occurred”) mark that message as Read, then try again to delete :)

By: Hozefa KB

Hozefa KB — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:35:00 +0000

Thanks, this solved my problem

actually, wait it didnt, when i select the messages and click the delete button, these messages disappear. but when i refresh the folder, those messages appear again.
WTH??

the messages are still there in my remote email account.
Thank alot for wasting my time…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:30:00 +0000

I tried that but then every file now wouldnt delte, so I had to delete the backup wich wiped everything, so thanks stupid spam enail I hope your happy.