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Windows Live Mail – Contacts Database
Summary:
- A technical overview of Windows Live Post Contacts database 2 dissimilar modes of performance(without and with the use of a Alive ID) and each fashion's respective database filename/local storage location(due south)
Background:
§ Windows Live Mail(WLM) provides two modes of operation
a) Default [Offline] – no sign-in to Windows Live
b) Live ID [Online] – sign-in to Windows Live
§ WLM just operates in one style (a) or (b) at a time
§ Each mode (a) or (b) has its own contacts when viewed in WLM
§ Each Alive ID used to sign-in for mode(b) has its ain contacts when viewed in WLM
§ Each mode (a) or (b) has a unique(independent) contacts database
§ Each Live ID used to sign-in for mode (b) has a unique(independent) contacts database
§ Contacts and Contact databases are not shared beyond modes or Live ID'southward
§ Contacts database(s) are stored on the hard drive within the user's Windows profile
Database Name and Location:
§ The Contact database(which holds the entire contact list) filename is 'contacts.edb''
§ Each fashion (a) or (b) will accept a unique(independent) contacts.edb file (same proper name, unlike location)
§ Each Live ID used in style (b) will have a unique(independent) contacts.edb file
Default(Offline) – Mode (a)
§ The Default(Offline) Contact database file(contacts.edb) is stored in a subconscious subfolder called DBStore. *** To view the DBStore binder –> configure Windows Explorer to 'Prove hidden files/folders and protected operating system files'
§ Full folder pathname for the Default(Offline) contact database for WLM version 2011 and 2009 are shown below for the respective Windows operating system(o/s)
Windows Alive Post 2011 (pre QFE3 versions) – Windows seven or Vista
Path –> C:\Users\<windows username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Contacts\default\15.4\DBStore
Click Here —> To see a Windows Explorer view of WLM 2011 Pre QFE3 Default Database Folders
Windows Live Mail 2011 (QFE3 version) – Windows seven or Vista
Path –> C:\Users\<windows username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Contacts\default\ xv.5 \DBStore
Annotation: The 'Default' DBStore binder is a hidden subfolder of the '15.v' folder
Click Here —> To see a Windows Explorer view of the WLM 2011 QFE3 Database Folders
Windows Live Mail service 2009 (see notes beneath)
· Windows 7 or Vista
Ø C:\Users\<windows username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts\{0a1c1d7e-4a67-4693-bd70-1ba1490ddac8}\DBStore
· Windows XP
Ø C:\Documents and Settings\<windows username\Local Settings\Awarding Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts\{0a1c1d7e-4a67-4693-bd70-1ba1490ddac8}\DBStore
Notes: (simply applicable to WLM 2009)
ü The numerical 16-digit hexadecimal number ( GUI {0a1c1d7e…) shown(to a higher place) for WLM 2009 is randomly generated by WLM and will exist different on each pc/operating system.
ü To determine the numerical name assigned to the Default(Offline) fashion contact database binder in WLM 2009 one must reference the following registry key'south 'Name' and 'Data' fields values.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts\Database
ü The Proper noun field in the in a higher place registry key 'indicates' the pathname of 'Default' root binder. The pathname shown when viewed in the registry is a 'slight misdirection' (but fully understood by the Windows operating organization)
-The registry primal 'Name' value will show:
Windows seven or Vista:
C:\Users\<windows username>\Contacts\Default
XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\<windows username>\Contacts\Default
-Though the Default(Offline) folder is actually i subfolder beneath the following:
Windows7 or Vista:
C:\Users\<windows username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts
XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\<windows username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts
ü The registry key 'Data' value completes the pathname by showing the subfolder value(i.e. the numerical 16-digit hexadecimal number) that contains the Default(Offline) DBStore folder and its corresponding contacts.edb file.
Live ID (Online) – Manner (b)
§ The Live ID(Online) Contact database file(contacts.edb) is also stored in a hidden subfolder chosen DBStore.
§ Each Live ID's Contacts binder in WLM 2011(dissimilar WLM 2009) uses the Alive ID email address(e.g. ab_normal@live.com) thus WLM 2011's arroyo improves upon WLM 2009's method by not requiring the registry central or utilize of a numerical hexadecimal named folder thus making the folder much easier to find in Windows Explorer
§ Full folder pathnames for a Live ID(Online) contact database for WLM version 2011 and 2009 are shown below for the corresponding Windows operating system(o/s)
Windows Alive Mail service 2011 (pre QFE3 versions) – Windows 7 or Vista
Path –> C:\Users\<windows username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Contacts\<Alive ID>\15.4\DBStore
Windows Live Mail service 2011 (QFE3 version) – Windows 7 or Vista
Path –> C:\Users\<windows username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Contacts\default\15.5\DBStore
Windows Live Mail 2009 (see notes beneath)
Wi dows seven or Vista
Ø C:\Users\<windows username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts\{85a1e249-964b-475e-82d7-e80ea374a6ad}\DBStore
Windows XP
Ø C:\Documents and Settings\<windows username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts\{85a1e249-964b-475e-82d7-e80ea374a6ad }\DBStore
Notes: (only applicable to WLM 2009)
ü WLM 2009 Live ID(Online Mode) like WLM 2009 Default(Offline) mode(as shown to a higher place) continues to employ the use of a randomly generated numerical 16-digit hexadecimal number for the Live ID folder proper name with one additional twist. It creates two(2) numerical folders for each Live ID. One for the chief database and one(shadow) database, the latter for synchronization with the web UI and Windows Alive Messenger.
The numerical names of these folders volition besides be different on each pc/operating system.
ü To determine the verbal numerical name assigned to the Alive ID(Online) style contact folder in WLM 2009 1 must reference the post-obit registry key's 'Proper name' and 'Data' fields values.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Alive Contacts\Database
ü The Proper noun field in the in a higher place registry cardinal will point the pathname of 'both the primary and shadow' root binder. The pathname shown when viewed in the registry is, one time again, a 'slight misdirection'(but fully understood by the Windows o/s)
-The registry primal 'Proper name' values will testify:
Windows vii or Vista:
C:\Users\<windows username>\Contacts\<Live ID> and
C:\Users\<windows username>\Contacts\<Live ID>\shadow
XP: (film shown below)
C:\Documents and Settings\<windows username>\Contacts\<Live ID>
C"\Documents and Settings\<windows username>\Contacts\<Live ID>\shadow
-Though the Alive ID(Online)folder is actually on subfolder below the post-obit:
Windows7 or Vista:
C:\Users\<windows username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts
XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\<windows username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Alive Contacts
ü The registry key 'Data' value(south) completes the pathname by indicating the assigned hexadecimal number for the main and shadow subfolders applicable to a respective Live ID(Online) manner DBStore folder and unique contacts.edb file(due south)
Comments:
- Use of the Default(Offline) mode ensures all contacts are but stored locally and not synchronized(or stored) on the web(i.e. on "The Cloud') at Contacts.live.com
- Use of the Live ID(Online mode) ensures contacts are stored both locally and on the Alive servers(in the 'Cloud) and always backed up and accessible on whatever pc by signing on with the respective Live ID at Contacts.live.com
- If the Alive ID is too a Hotmail blazon account(Alive.com, Hotmail.com, Msn.com or other country specific derivatives of the same domain e.yard. Live.cn, Hotmail.united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, Live.ne, Msn.ca) so those same Live ID contacts volition be accessible for use in the Hotmail electronic mail web interface(mail.live.com or hotmail.com)
- Use of the Alive ID(Online) mode in WLM also enables WLM's 'Cleanup' selection by linking to the web UI for cleaning up duplicate contacts
- Employ of additional Alive ID'due south(signing on with a unlike Alive to Windows Live) allows one to take multiple contacts lists for unlike objectives(friends, family unit, piece of work, hobbies, etc.)
- If you lot read this far(and to appease the parenthetical police and purists) practice not confuse working Offline(disconnected from the internet) or Online(connected to the internet) with WLM'southward two different Contacts' modes(Default/Offline[No Live ID sign-in] or Live ID/Online[Live ID sign-in]). If yous're not using a Alive ID to sign-in to Windows Live, your contacts are stored and only available Offline (from Windows Live Services)!
Revisions:
Feb 04, 2011: Original Published Engagement
Feb 05, 2011: Edited for increased clarity and to appease the parenthetical gramma policemen comments
April 12, 2011: Updated to reflect Contact folder name (xv.v) for Windows Live Postal service 2011 QFE3
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