Download

For impatient you can download the batch file here.

Find Windows Mail Store Location

Open Windows Mail and open Tools/Options.

Click on the Advanced tab.

Click on Maintenance.

Click on Store Folder.

Copy the directory for your Mail Store. This is where all of your email is stored.

You can double check that you have the correct directory by pasting the copied directory above into an Explorer window. You should see files similar to the ones in the image below.

Configure Backup Location

Create a folder to store your Windows Mail backup. I have a second hard drive for all of my backups (I recommend you do the same) and I will use F:\Mail for the Mail backup folder.

You can also backup to your C:\ partition but it’s best that you have a second physical hard drive incase your main hard drive fails due to hardware issues.

Backup Script

Create a new batch file, I named mine backup_mail.bat and copy the following:

1. Your source directory (the Store Location directory from above).
2. And the destination backup folder.
3. I will use my own directory structure for the example.
4. Save the file once your are done editing.

xcopy /y /e "C:\Users\deffe\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\*" "F:\Mail\"

Windows Mail Cannot Be Running

Make sure that Windows Mail is no longer running. You can run the following command even after you have closed the application.

taskkill /IM WinMail.exe

(Optional) taskkill in Batch File

You can optionally combine the taskkill command with your xcopy command to gracefully close Windows Mail and start the backup.

taskkill /IM WinMail.exe
xcopy /y /e "C:\Users\deffe\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\*" "F:\Mail\"

(Optional) Restart Windows Mail after Backup

You can optionally restart Windows Mail after the backup is complete with the following command added to your batch file.

taskkill /IM WinMail.exe
xcopy /y /e "C:\Users\deffe\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\*" "F:\Mail\"
call "C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WinMail.exe"

Run and Verify

Double click the batch file to execute your backup and check your backup folder to ensure you have all of your emails.

Download and Resources

Download the batch file here. You can edit the file as necessary.

Resources

xcopy
http://www.computerhope.com/xcopyhlp.htm

taskkill
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/446/xp_kill_windows_process_command_line_taskkill/

                        

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I found a forum post over at vistax64.com that has a fix.

Open notepad (Windows + r, notepad, enter) and copy the following:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt]
"Content Type"="text/plain"
"PerceivedType"="text"
@="txtfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\PersistentHandler]
@="{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew]
"ItemName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,\
6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,\
00,6e,00,6f,00,74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,2c,00,\
2d,00,34,00,37,00,30,00,00,00
"NullFile"=""

Save the file as add_new_doc.reg and double click the new registry file to install.

You will need to close all Explorer windows and reopen to see the change.

                        

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Plugin your iPhone to your computer with the supplied USB cable.

Vista should install the drivers (if it hasn’t done so already) and ask you what you would like to do.

Click on Import Pictures and the Import Pictures dialog will ask you if you want to Tag your photos. This step is optional but can help organize if you have a lot of pictures in your library.

Here is some more information from Microsoft on organizing your pictures.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/0a03011c-c189-410d-a044-acd713bd94451033.mspx

You can also choose the location where the files will be imported to by clicking Options in the lower left hand side.

After you have selected all of your options click OK and import to start importing your photos. The import time will depend on the number of photos you have on your iPhone.

Conclusion

That’s all there is to it. Similar procedures should work for Windows XP as well and your other digital cameras.

                        

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Documentation and Product Page

http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm

Download

http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/download/fat32format.zip

Usage

C:\> cd path\to\fat32format
C:\> fat32format f:

                        

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• Fire up Windows Mail
• File/Import/Messages
• Select Microsoft Outlook
• Select the Outlook profile (you may have a different name)
• Choose the folders you wish to import or keep the default and the import will include all folders
• Click Next
• Once the import has completed all of your Outlook folders will be in the Imported Folder folder

If you are daring and wish to try to migrate messages without Outlook installed and want to create your own MAPI profile you can try this KB article from Microsoft.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306962

Your other alternative (and much easier) is to download a trial version of Outlook and run the steps above. Here is a link to the trial download.

http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/default.aspx?re_ms=oo&culture=en-US

                        

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Open a Command Prompt

Windows + R + cmd

Run your move command

C:\> move /y C:\source_directory\*.jpg C:\destination_directory\

Explanation

• /y – Suppresses the prompt to overwrite
• *.jpg – This will move all JPEG images. You can use the same technique for other extensions or all files. *.* or *

Resources

http://www.computerhope.com/movehlp.htm

                        

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Download and install XAMPP

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

Verify apache is running after installation

<a href="http://localhost" target="_blank">http://localhost</a>

NOTE: If you are also running IIS you will need to disable socket pooling that is turned on by default and restart your workstation or server after making the changes. You won’t have to do this if you are using VS.NET built-in debug web server (cassini) for your .NET development. You will also need to use an alternate IP address for IIS as well as Apache and set * to the IP used for Apache in the VirtualHost block header below.

Windows Server 2000: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6067036.html

Windows Server 2003: http://www.sitebuddy.com/Apache/IIS/same/server

Open httpd-vhosts.conf

Make a backup of the default vhosts config; eg.

<install dir>\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd.conf.bak.

With your favorite text editor (Notepad++ is a great one) open

<install dir>\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd.conf

Copy the following.

# HTTP vhosts
NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
  DocumentRoot "<install dir>\htdocs\your-site.com"
  ServerName your-site
  ServerAlias your-site
</VirtualHost>

# HTTPS vhosts
NameVirtualHost *:443

<VirtualHost *:443>
  DocumentRoot "<install dir>\htdocs\your-site.com"
  ServerName your-site
  ServerAlias your-site

  SSLEngine on
  SSLCertificateFile conf/ssl.crt/server.crt
  SSLCertificateKeyFile conf/ssl.key/server.key
</VirtualHost>

Restart Apache

Open a command prompt, Windows + R or Windows + R + services.msc and restart Apache

C:\> net stop apache2 && net start apache2

Update hosts

Copy and make a backup of your hosts file.

%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.bak

Open your hosts file and add your new vhost site. The IP address should match the same IP address as your local workstation.

192.168.1.2 your-site

Check that you can ping your new hosts entry.

C:\> ping your-site

Moment of truth

If all went well you should be able to open your new vhost site.

http://your-site

                        

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You can get around this error by doing the following.

1. Click on Start, or the Windows Logo in the bottom left
2. All Programs
3. Accessories
4. Right click Command Prompt
5. Select Run as Administrator

                        

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