Can´t delete email account Windows Mail

[hsc]

I want to delete an old email account. When I do so by clicking on "Extra"
and on "Accounts", I can remove that particularly account. But when I close
the application en start it up again, the deleted account is back, alive and
kicking!

Does anybody know's how I perminently delete my old account?

 

[Dave]

What do you mean by "Extra"?
In Windows Mail, you access your accounts under Tools - Accounts

 

[HSC]

Thanks for the answers. My version of Windows Mail is in the Dutch language.
And there is no "Tools" in the menu, it is called "Extra". Now that is
clarified, I will follow your instructions. I will post the results soon.

 

[Gary VanderMolen [MVP]]

What a strange translation, 'Tools' becomes 'Extra'?
That's not even close to a translation.

 

[HSC]

Gary, you´re right. But the Dutch word for "tools" is "Gereedschap" and may
be the translator found that wordt to long (By the way: you have a very Dutch
family name!)

Anyway: I found the solution! First I uninstalled my anti-virus software,
then restarted the computer, than deleted the account, than restarted te
computer. But the account still popped up...

So I searched the internet and I learned that Windows Mail uses a directory
like:
C:\Users\....\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail

And in a subdir called "Local Folders" I found a number of files with the
extension: *.oeaccount. One of those files handled about the account I was
trying to get rid of. So I renamed this file by typing OLD_ in front of the
name. And this seems to do the trick!

I deleted the account in Windows Mail. I restarted the computer and Windows
Mail didn´t have the old account anymore!

If in the near future the account pops up again, I will post is here.

For now I would like to thank the contributors of this discussion for taking
the time of helping me!

 

[Gary VanderMolen [MVP]]

Good to hear that the problem you were having seems to be fixed.

Incidentally, I was born and raised in Holland, but immigrated to the US
as a teenager.

 

[HSC]

Ok Gary. Thanks for your remarks and groetjes uit Holland.

Huibert van der Schaar