Windows Live Mail: Switch to the Mail app in Windows 10

Windows 10 includes an app that allows you to send and receive mail. With the Mail app, you can manage all your email addresses, whether that’s an address from Gmail, Outlook.com, or your carrier. If you choose the Mail app, you don’t have to do anything. The program is a standard part of Windows 10.

On SeniorWeb you will find an article that explains the basics of the Mail app:

• Mail in Windows 10

Emails from Windows Live Mail can be easily archived and consulted using the Mailstore program. It is also possible, for those who really want to, to then import these emails into the Mail app. You can read how to download and install the program in the Mailstore article.

When the program is ready for use, proceed as follows:

• Launch Mail Store.
• click on Archive emails.
• Under ‘Email Clients’, click Windows Live Mail.
• In the window that appears, click To end.
• In the next window that appears, click OK.
• Under ‘Profiles’, double click Windows Live Mail to start archiving.
• At the bottom right of the screen you will see a progress window. Depending on the number of messages you have, archiving may take some time. When the process is complete, click in the progress window on Close.

You can now consult all e-mails in the archive via the Mailstore program. But this program can also transfer the messages to the Mail app. This takes a detour. Transfer the mail archive to your Microsoft account. This is done via Outlook.com in the following way:

• Click in the Mailstore program on Export emails.
• Under ‘Email Servers’, click IMAP mailbox.
• In the window that appears, click Next one.
• Enter at ‘Host’: outlook.com
• At ‘Access via’, select the option IMAP-TLS.
• Enter your Microsoft account information for username and password.
• click on Next one.
• click on To end.
• click on OK.
• Under ‘Profiles’, double click the given name to start transferring.
• At the bottom right of the screen you will see a progress window. Depending on the number of messages you have, transferring may take some time. When the process is complete, click in the progress window on Close.

All mails are in a separate folder called ‘MailStore Export’.

Before transferring your contacts to the Mail app, first create a special file that contains all your contacts. You can save such a CSV file in Windows Live Mail as follows:

• Launch Windows Live Mail.
• Click on the bottom left Contacts.
• Click at the top Export.
• click on Comma Separated Values ​​(.CSV) File.
• click on To leaf through.
• Select a folder on the computer to save the file to.
• Think of a suitable file name, for example ‘Contacts Address Book’.
• click on Save.
• click on Next one.
• Decide what data, such as phone numbers, email addresses, and nicknames, you want to transfer.
• click on Complete.

The address book csv file is saved on the computer. Now the file should be made readable:

• Open the Windows Explorer.
• Go to the csv file.
• Right click on it.
• Select Open with.
• click on Notepad.
• Notepad opens. Click in the menu on To process.
• click on To replace.
• Next to “Search for,” type the semicolon: ;
• Next to ‘Replace with’, type a comma: ,
• click on Replace everything.
• Close the ‘Replace’ window by clicking on the cross.
• Click in the menu on File.
• click on Save.
• Close Notepad by clicking the cross.

The Mail app has no contacts. This can be found in Windows 10 in the People app. These two apps are linked together by default. So that you do have your contacts when you create a new email. You can also put the contacts back in the People app via the detour from Outlook.com:

• Go to www.outlook.com and sign in with your Microsoft account.
• Click on the square with the small squares at the top left.
• click on People.
• Click in the menu under the blue/black bar on To manage.
• click on Import contacts.
• Click on the bottom right Windows Live Mail.
• click on To leaf through.
• Navigate to the CSV file you saved, click it, and then click To open.
• Click at the top of the page upload.

All contacts are imported into Outlook.com and are then visible in the People app and the Mail app.

If you use an e-mail address that you have received from your provider (such as Ziggo or KPN), you can link this address to the Mail app and receive all e-mail in one place from now on.

• Launch the Mail app.
• Click on the gear at the bottom left.
• click on Manage accounts.
• click on Add Account.
• Click at the bottom Other account.
• Enter the email address and password that you received from your provider or that you created with the provider. Enter the name you want people to see as the sender of your emails.
• click on To register.
• Enter your name and click To register.
• click on Ready.

Your account has now been added to the Mail app.

Once you’ve transferred everything, Windows Live Mail is no longer needed. It is recommended to remove the program from the PC. Don’t do this right away, but wait a few days. Until you are sure that all your mails and contacts have been transferred to the Mail app.

Remove the program in the following way:

• Right click on Start.
• click on Programs and Features.
• Find Windows Essentials 2012 in the list and click it.
• click on Delete Change.
• Click on All Uninstall Windows Essentials Programs.
• Check all programs and click remove.