Backup Windows Live Mail

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tml
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Backup Windows Live Mail

Post by tml »

Hi,
The Windows Live Mail add-on cannot backup some of the files when the Mail is running at the moment. They are: edb.log, edbtmp.log, Mail.MSMessageStore, tmp.edb, contacts.edb, tempedb.edb, WLCalendarStore.edb and some other. Some of them can be omitted, I suppose (as tmp.edb), but not all of them. How to configure FBackup to make full mail backup available?

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tml

Adrian (Softland)
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Re: Backup Windows Live Mail

Post by Adrian (Softland) »

Hi,

1. Do you have the same problem if the email client is closed?
2. Do you use an administrator account? If yes, please send me the last backup log to info[at]fbackup[dot]com

tml
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Re: Backup Windows Live Mail

Post by tml »

Hi,

No, when the email client is closed, everything is OK. Obviously, some files are exclusively opend by the client.
Yes, I'm using an administrator account.

Adrian (Softland)
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Re: Backup Windows Live Mail

Post by Adrian (Softland) »

Backing up open files has the following limitations: It works
- only on Windows XP or newer
- only for users with administrator access rights to copy open files
- only on local hard drives
- only on NTFS formatted partitions
- only if the VSS (Volume Shadow Service) is running and it is properly configured

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