Windows7 - Live Mail - Lost Emails

@peacock - yes, show all messages is selected

The file extension for Windows Live Mail is .eml......Searching for that file extension is just another way to prove to yourself that the emails are on your computer. No, your emails are on your hard drive, not online. You don't really have to be signed in to Windows Live to use Windows Live Mail.

Thanks lakephillip - yes, the files are on my computer, however, all your emails are ALSO stored ONLINE. You can't actually search your hard drive for a specific email (filename.eml) as you don't know what the email file is called

I assume you will have Imported your mail from your previous system.
When you import into Live Mail you finish up with 2 sets of mail folders, one set under the Live account name will contain all mail received on the new system and another set under the heading something like Imported Folders which will contain all the mail folders from the old system.
It is very easy and very common to confuse these two sets of folders.so you could be looking in the wrong sent items folder and not finding a message that you have sent.
Scroll up and down the folder list in the left hand column and check that the Imported folders is expanded ie the little triangle to the left of the heading is pointing downwards

Started Out like most, using Windows XP, and Outlook Express. Then upgraded to Windows Vista and used Windows Live Mail. After upgrading to Windows 7 x64 I started using Windows Live Mail, at the time there was no Windows Live 2011, so I upgraded to that and that is where I am. I prefer Windows Live Mail 2009, but too much hassle for me to revert since I have around 5000 saved emails. You must uninstall the 2011 version first completely, and then install this version again
Here Is the link for the Windows Live Mail 2009 Installer:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/E-mail/E-mail-Clients/Windows-Live-Mail.shtml

Hi Peacox. Yes, I did import, however, it is not the imported emails that are missing. I have retained those in a separate folder marked import, and those are all present and correct. It is just the occasional email that I have received or written since using Live Mail.

OK, as suggested I tried LiveMail 9. Yep - the missing emails showed in that version!!! However, V9 drove me more nuts than V.11!!! I couldn't even find where to manually fetch my emails!!! jeez you wouldn't think I have been working on computers for over 30 years!!!!!

My last suggestion is now too late, I was going to ask if you had 'Conversations' turned on or off.
If on then emails with the same subject title are grouped together with only the first one showing and with an expansion arrow next to the envelope icon so the Conversation can be expanded to show the hidden messages. This gives the appearance of second and subsequent messages on the same subject being missing.

Thanks Peacox. Conversations were turned on, BUT in the folder that I was watching there were only 5 emails. Well, there SHOULD be 5 - only 4 display <G>

AND the missing email had the same subject as an earlier email then it would be hidden behind it and not displayed until the conversation were expanded. I think this facility also exists in Outlook along with a lot of other ways to cause frustration.

Anyway good luck with Outlook

You stated you found a version of Outlook that works w/Windows 7?? Where &how could I get it. I like Outlook much better than Windows Live. Thanks