blank folder list

15 minutes ago I decided to follow the received email - and installed this shining new Windows add-on called Windows Live Mail Desktop. It took a while as it had to import some 200MB of messages and 15 accounts; but:
As soon as I opened it, I saw nothing - apart from nice bluie frames around the place where supposedly messages and folders should be. Nothing else. After some guesses I removed filters, clicked "View local folders", and finally was able to see my messages...
1. Now, is there any way to see the FOLDERS as well? At this moment, the white vertical space to the left of my screen - I guess this should be the folder list - is virtually empty/blank; and there is no way I populate it with the folders. Anyone here having the same problem?
2. How to open the address book which, I suppose, has come with WLMD?
Thanks for any hints,
kacper

Open the registry to this key with the Mail Desktop Beta closed:
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2592889828-4208865303-1639956936-1006\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta <note that the GUID may differ, but is a big, long number>
Look in the right hand column for "Tree" and change its value from 0 to 1. Exit Registry Editor and reopen Mail Desktop Beta. You should now see your Folder List in the left hand pane. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"k999" wrote in message

15 minutes ago I decided to follow the received email - and installed this shining new Windows add-on called Windows Live Mail Desktop. It took a while as it had to import some 200MB of messages and 15 accounts; but:
As soon as I opened it, I saw nothing - apart from nice bluie frames around the place where supposedly messages and folders should be. Nothing else. After some guesses I removed filters, clicked "View local folders", and finally was able to see my messages...
1. Now, is there any way to see the FOLDERS as well? At this moment, the white vertical space to the left of my screen - I guess this should be the folder list - is virtually empty/blank; and there is no way I populate it with the folders. Anyone here having the same problem?
2. How to open the address book which, I suppose, has come with WLMD?
Thanks for any hints,
kacper

Hi Jim,
I just installed WLMD and I wanted to follow-up on the second part of "k999" question. Is there an address book in WLMD beta?
"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Open the registry to this key with the Mail Desktop Beta closed:
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2592889828-4208865303-1639956936-1006\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta <note that the GUID may differ, but is a big, long number
Look in the right hand column for "Tree" and change its value from 0 to 1. Exit Registry Editor and reopen Mail Desktop Beta. You should now see your Folder List in the left hand pane. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"k999" wrote in message 15 minutes ago I decided to follow the received email - and installed this shining new Windows add-on called Windows Live Mail Desktop. It took a while as it had to import some 200MB of messages and 15 accounts; but:
As soon as I opened it, I saw nothing - apart from nice bluie frames around the place where supposedly messages and folders should be. Nothing else. After some guesses I removed filters, clicked "View local folders", and finally was able to see my messages...
1. Now, is there any way to see the FOLDERS as well? At this moment, the white vertical space to the left of my screen - I guess this should be the folder list - is virtually empty/blank; and there is no way I populate it with the folders. Anyone here having the same problem?
2. How to open the address book which, I suppose, has come with WLMD?
Thanks for any hints,
kacper

Right now, it uses only the contact information for the account which you use to set it up (which is a Hotmail or Passport account). It does not use the WAB file but that may change. If you open Help, search for contacts, and the following information should appear:
Organize contacts with Windows Live Messenger Contacts for Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta are provided by Windows Live Messenger. You must have Messenger installed on your computer to use contacts and the Address Book (A list of contacts, containing the names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of each of your contacts. Mail Desktop Beta uses the Messenger contacts list of the primary Mail Desktop Beta account.) with Mail Desktop Beta. With Messenger, you can add new contacts, sort your contacts, and organize them into groups. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Darrell" wrote in message

Hi Jim,
I just installed WLMD and I wanted to follow-up on the second part of "k999" question. Is there an address book in WLMD beta?
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Open the registry to this key with the Mail Desktop Beta closed:
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2592889828-4208865303-1639956936-1006\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta <note that the GUID may differ, but is a big, long number
Look in the right hand column for "Tree" and change its value from 0 to 1. Exit Registry Editor and reopen Mail Desktop Beta. You should now see your Folder List in the left hand pane. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"k999" wrote in message 15 minutes ago I decided to follow the received email - and installed this shining new Windows add-on called Windows Live Mail Desktop. It took a while as it had to import some 200MB of messages and 15 accounts; but:
As soon as I opened it, I saw nothing - apart from nice bluie frames around the place where supposedly messages and folders should be. Nothing else. After some guesses I removed filters, clicked "View local folders", and finally was able to see my messages...
1. Now, is there any way to see the FOLDERS as well? At this moment, the white vertical space to the left of my screen - I guess this should be the folder list - is virtually empty/blank; and there is no way I populate it with the folders. Anyone here having the same problem?
2. How to open the address book which, I suppose, has come with WLMD?
Thanks for any hints,
kacper

From what I can see there is NO "address book" per se. WLMD uses your "Messenger Contacts" as an address book.
"Darrell" wrote:

Hi Jim,
I just installed WLMD and I wanted to follow-up on the second part of "k999" question. Is there an address book in WLMD beta?
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Open the registry to this key with the Mail Desktop Beta closed:
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2592889828-4208865303-1639956936-1006\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta <note that the GUID may differ, but is a big, long number
Look in the right hand column for "Tree" and change its value from 0 to 1. Exit Registry Editor and reopen Mail Desktop Beta. You should now see your Folder List in the left hand pane. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"k999" wrote in message 15 minutes ago I decided to follow the received email - and installed this shining new Windows add-on called Windows Live Mail Desktop. It took a while as it had to import some 200MB of messages and 15 accounts; but:
As soon as I opened it, I saw nothing - apart from nice bluie frames around the place where supposedly messages and folders should be. Nothing else. After some guesses I removed filters, clicked "View local folders", and finally was able to see my messages...
1. Now, is there any way to see the FOLDERS as well? At this moment, the white vertical space to the left of my screen - I guess this should be the folder list - is virtually empty/blank; and there is no way I populate it with the folders. Anyone here having the same problem?
2. How to open the address book which, I suppose, has come with WLMD?
Thanks for any hints,
kacper

Jim, thanks for the confirmation. I noticed when I clicked on "Messenger Contacts" located at the bottom of the page of WLMD, my Windows Live Messenger opened.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Right now, it uses only the contact information for the account which you use to set it up (which is a Hotmail or Passport account). It does not use the WAB file but that may change. If you open Help, search for contacts, and the following information should appear:
Organize contacts with Windows Live Messenger Contacts for Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta are provided by Windows Live Messenger. You must have Messenger installed on your computer to use contacts and the Address Book (A list of contacts, containing the names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of each of your contacts. Mail Desktop Beta uses the Messenger contacts list of the primary Mail Desktop Beta account.) with Mail Desktop Beta. With Messenger, you can add new contacts, sort your contacts, and organize them into groups. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Darrell" wrote in message Hi Jim,
I just installed WLMD and I wanted to follow-up on the second part of "k999" question. Is there an address book in WLMD beta?
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Open the registry to this key with the Mail Desktop Beta closed:
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2592889828-4208865303-1639956936-1006\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta <note that the GUID may differ, but is a big, long number
Look in the right hand column for "Tree" and change its value from 0 to 1. Exit Registry Editor and reopen Mail Desktop Beta. You should now see your Folder List in the left hand pane. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"k999" wrote in message 15 minutes ago I decided to follow the received email - and installed this shining new Windows add-on called Windows Live Mail Desktop. It took a while as it had to import some 200MB of messages and 15 accounts; but:
As soon as I opened it, I saw nothing - apart from nice bluie frames around the place where supposedly messages and folders should be. Nothing else. After some guesses I removed filters, clicked "View local folders", and finally was able to see my messages...
1. Now, is there any way to see the FOLDERS as well? At this moment, the white vertical space to the left of my screen - I guess this should be the folder list - is virtually empty/blank; and there is no way I populate it with the folders. Anyone here having the same problem?
2. How to open the address book which, I suppose, has come with WLMD?
Thanks for any hints,
kacper

Thanks for the feedback, and as I noted, the Help file, while not complete, does answer many questions such as this. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
"Darrell" wrote in message

Jim, thanks for the confirmation. I noticed when I clicked on "Messenger Contacts" located at the bottom of the page of WLMD, my Windows Live Messenger opened.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Right now, it uses only the contact information for the account which you use to set it up (which is a Hotmail or Passport account). It does not use the WAB file but that may change. If you open Help, search for contacts, and the following information should appear:
Organize contacts with Windows Live Messenger Contacts for Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta are provided by Windows Live Messenger. You must have Messenger installed on your computer to use contacts and the Address Book (A list of contacts, containing the names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of each of your contacts. Mail Desktop Beta uses the Messenger contacts list of the primary Mail Desktop Beta account.) with Mail Desktop Beta. With Messenger, you can add new contacts, sort your contacts, and organize them into groups. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Darrell" wrote in message Hi Jim,
I just installed WLMD and I wanted to follow-up on the second part of "k999" question. Is there an address book in WLMD beta?
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Open the registry to this key with the Mail Desktop Beta closed:
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2592889828-4208865303-1639956936-1006\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta <note that the GUID may differ, but is a big, long number
Look in the right hand column for "Tree" and change its value from 0 to 1. Exit Registry Editor and reopen Mail Desktop Beta. You should now see your Folder List in the left hand pane. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"k999" wrote in message 15 minutes ago I decided to follow the received email - and installed this shining new Windows add-on called Windows Live Mail Desktop. It took a while as it had to import some 200MB of messages and 15 accounts; but:
As soon as I opened it, I saw nothing - apart from nice bluie frames around the place where supposedly messages and folders should be. Nothing else. After some guesses I removed filters, clicked "View local folders", and finally was able to see my messages...
1. Now, is there any way to see the FOLDERS as well? At this moment, the white vertical space to the left of my screen - I guess this should be the folder list - is virtually empty/blank; and there is no way I populate it with the folders. Anyone here having the same problem?
2. How to open the address book which, I suppose, has come with WLMD?
Thanks for any hints,
kacper