Restore Windows Live Mail or Windows Mail Mail Rules
To recover or import your Windows Live Mail or Windows Mail email filters from a backup copy:
- Double-click on "Mail Rules.reg" in Windows Explorer.
- Click Yes.
- Click OK.
Restore Outlook Express Mail Rules
To import or restore mail rules in Outlook Express from a backup copy:
- Open Notepad.
- Select File | Open from the menu.
- Locate and open the "Mail Rules.reg" file that contains your backup mail rules.
- Highlight the string contained in braces ("{}"), following "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\" in the second line. Make sure you highlight the string including the braces.
- Hit Ctrl-C.
- Select Edit | Replace from the menu.
- Click in the Find what entry field and hit Ctrl-V.
- Go to the Outlook Express settings in the Windows registry.
- Click on the Identities key in the tree in the left pane.
- Double-click on Default User ID in the right pane.
- Hit Ctrl-C.
- Hit Esc.
- Go back to Notepad.
- Click in the Replace with entry field.
- Hit Ctrl-V.
- Click Replace All.
- Hit Esc.
- Close Notepad saving the changes to the file.
- Double-click on "Mail Rules.reg" in Windows Explorer.
- Click Yes.
