Lost Email App

aardvaak

Earlier today I ran a program to remove bloat from the computor I clicked on the black list and now I have lost my windows email how do I get it back?


Used Powershell then iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://git.io/debloat'))

dan958

Evil Microsoft update!

Please provide more information. Is this Windows 10, and is it the default Mail program? Try this, found by doing a quick google https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install/windows-10-mail-app-how-to-reinstall/b6d02782-2131-4d28-beb4-672c6d00f397

Neil_Jones

I hope you read all the documentation about what that script does before you ran it.

Was it the Mail app you were using in Windows 10?
If so you can reload it from the Microsoft Store, search for Mail and Calendar. Be prepared to have lost all your mail though.

Please don't run Powershell scripts from the internet unless you fully understand what they're doing to do.

aardvaak

Neil_Jones wrote: »

I hope you read all the documentation about what that script does before you ran it.

Was it the Mail app you were using in Windows 10?
If so you can reload it from the Microsoft Store, search for Mail and Calendar. Be prepared to have lost all your mail though.

Please don't run Powershell scripts from the internet unless you fully understand what they're doing to do.

Yes I was using the mail app in win 10 and no I obviously did'nt read everything correctly


I have now reloaded but it is asking me to re enter my accounts have I lost all my emails and contacts?

aardvaak

Neil_Jones wrote: »

I hope you read all the documentation about what that script does before you ran it.

Was it the Mail app you were using in Windows 10?
If so you can reload it from the Microsoft Store, search for Mail and Calendar. Be prepared to have lost all your mail though.

Please don't run Powershell scripts from the internet unless you fully understand what they're doing to do.

Thank you Neil for your help I have now got everything back and will take your advice in future re powershell.

aardvaak

Neil_Jones wrote: »

I hope you read all the documentation about what that script does before you ran it.

Was it the Mail app you were using in Windows 10?
If so you can reload it from the Microsoft Store, search for Mail and Calendar. Be prepared to have lost all your mail though.

Please don't run Powershell scripts from the internet unless you fully understand what they're doing to do.

I have all the emails but not the contacts how do I get them back?

Neil_Jones

aardvaak wrote: »

Yes I was using the mail app in win 10 and no I obviously did'nt read everything correctly


I have now reloaded but it is asking me to re enter my accounts have I lost all my emails and contacts?

Most probably yes. Re-enter all your details again and cross your fingers in case there is an archive on the machine which Mail should pick back up.

If it doesn't and you have lost the lot, then take this as a valuable lesson in a) not running scripts you don't understand, and b) backups.

If you want to do stupid things on your computer like run scripts you don't understand, that's fine but be prepared for the consequences.

Neil_Jones

With regards to the contacts they were stored in the People App. Which your script purged. So you may have lost all them too.

You should be able to reload all the default apps using the details here, this should undo the bulk of what your script did:
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-reinstall-default-apps-in-windows-10/

aardvaak

Sorry about the confusion I now appear top have it sorted - thanks again

aardvaak

Neil_Jones wrote: »

Most probably yes. Re-enter all your details again and cross your fingers in case there is an archive on the machine which Mail should pick back up.

If it doesn't and you have lost the lot, then take this as a valuable lesson in a) not running scripts you don't understand, and b) backups.

If you want to do stupid things on your computer like run scripts you don't understand, that's fine but be prepared for the consequences.

Ok point taken- I think now all sorted

aardvaak

Neil_Jones wrote: »

With regards to the contacts they were stored in the People App. Which your script purged. So you may have lost all them too.

You should be able to reload all the default apps using the details here, this should undo the bulk of what your script did:
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-reinstall-default-apps-in-windows-10/

Thank you..........................