Oh dear, oh dear ... It's not as easy as it first seems. Windows Live Mail stores its Contacts in different places depending on the version of WLM and the operating system. The whole sorry mess is spelled out in Windows Live Mail Contacts - Operating Modes http://liveunplugged.wordpress.com/2011/01/...

Thanks. I don't know how I missed that. That plugin copies C:\Users\<name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail\ which I think is correct. However I do not think that it copies the Contacts file, which I believe is elsewhere. There certainly is not any folder or object with a name that signifie...

I've found out a bit more. Windows Live Mail is the built-in email client for Windows 7. Its stuff is stored in C:\Users\<name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail\ That appears to be where all the settings, calendar and all the emails are. But the location of the Contacts data appears to be d...

I've been using v3 for some time with Windows/XP and it backs up my emails in Outlook Express wonderfully.

Now I've upgraded to Windows 7 I get Windows Live Mail for emails.
How can I backup my emails now? I cannot see a plugin for WLM.