Windows 10: windows live 2012 inbox disappeared

Windows 10, Windows Live Mail has been working great. Booted computer up this morning, and the INBOX folder is missing. All other folders intact. ???

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How do I get Outlook Mail to show all of my old emails in my inbox instead of just the last 30 days?

Original Title: Windows 10 Outlook Mail app.

I am running Windows 10. I was running Windows Live Mail 2012 connected to a Microsoft live email account and could see all of my old messages in the inbox. I received an email from Microsoft stating they are making changes (if I remember on the live, Hotmail,
etc. end) that requires a patch to continue using these accounts with Windows Live Mail 2012, and they suggested replacing this old email app altogether with Outlook Mail that comes with Windows 10.

So, I uninstalled Windows Live Mail 2012 and fired up the new Outlook Mail and connected it to my Microsoft live email account. Everything appeared to work fine until I noticed there is only the last month of emails in displayed in the inbox. How do I get
Outlook Mail to show all of my old emails in my inbox instead of just the last 30 days?

 

Windows 10 - Windows Essentials Not Compatible?

Windows Essentials 2012 is compatible.

If you have Windows Live Essentials installed on your system, the OneDrive application is removed and replaced with the inbox version of OneDrive.

 

Try deleting the account and setup a new one using IMAP type not Hotmail type , this is working for me .....

see this thread for settings

New Outlook.com and Windows Essentials Live Mail (WLM)

 

Thanks for the reply.
I wish to keep Live Mail due to the abundance of folder settings.
When the Inbox disappeared, did it take all the current email messages with it? Any way to get them back? The archived messages are still where they are supposed to be, and all older messages (older than 7 days) have been archived.
Thanks.

 

Right click on the Email Account and select "Show or hide Folders..." to make sure that you did not hide it by accident.

Normally, Email Messages are stored with extension .eml under:
C:\Users\ logon \AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail\Email Account
You can check if they are still there.

 

When I right click the email account, I don't get "show or hide folders" as an option. And when I attempt to enter "C:\users" there is no choice for "logon". ???

 

You can not Show and Hide Folders unless the Account is Setup as IMAP .......something you need to do anyway before June 30 if you want to continue using WLM as m$ has stopped the DeltaSync Protocol from working , so WLM>Hotmail Account setting will no longer work to sync emails and the Calender. IMAP will give you synced mail again but not the Calendar.

The Mail should all still be On Outlook.com , it missing in you inbox maybe due to them upgrading the servers I mentioned above , but not sure as I have never had the whole folder disappear.

Just sign into you Hotmail account at Outlook.com and have a look, when you set WLM to IMAP it should bring it all down again....worked fine for me On Monday.