How to Back Up or Copy Your Windows Live Mail or Outlook Express Mail Rules

If you carefully built a system of mail filters in Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail or Outlook Express that automatically sort and organize your incoming and outgoing messages, you certainly don't want to lose these filters. If you back them up, you can transfer your Windows Mail or Outlook Express mail rules to another computer or restore them in case of data loss.

Back Up or Copy Your Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail or Outlook Express Mail Rules

To create a copy of your Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail or Outlook Express mail rules:

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• Go to your Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail or Outlook Express settings in the Windows registry.
• Open the Rules key.
• Click on the Mail key.
• Select File | Export... from the menu.
• Change the location to the directory where you want to keep the backup copy of your Outlook Express mail rules.
• Type "Mail Rules" in the File Name box.
• Make sure Registration Files (*.reg) is selected under Save as type:.
• Make sure Selected branch is chosen under Export range
• Click Save.

Remember where you keep your backup copy so you can recover or import it when needed.