Thanks for reply but I have now found a way to get them back to normal . It involves Regedit as follows ;
HKEY_CURRENT_USER> software>Microsoft>windows>currentversion>explorer>flexts . Search for...

I have recently reinstalled Win 10 and use Internet Explorer 11 as my browser .
After a couple of days the favourites icons all became ie icons . Have searched online for answer but none of them...

Its great news . Have just done an update and all is back as it was .Wonder what made them do something after all this time .

I am pleased that it is not my PC. Also pleased that people like fussybob has troubled to reply .
I have looked on the google forums and it does seem that their is now a number of problems has...

I have also started to have this problem . The only way I have managed to get it back is to do a system restore but it then reverts after a couple of days .
I am sure there are some geniuses out...

UPDATE

Now resolved . It was on settings of Btinternet with the forward message tab being enabled .

Thanks Phil for your assistance .

Thanks again .
I think I am going to have to talk to BT . Not looking forward to that as it an Indian help desk and the accents are so thick I have great difficulty in understanding .

Have done as you suggested but still the same . Could it be the server settings ?

Thanks for reply philc43 .
I think that may be the issue but what can I do to rectify . I thought of deleting both accounts and starting again........... but if I do that do I lose my contacts...

I have two pop3 emails on btinternet.com .
I am using Windows Live Mail on Windows 10 . When I receive an email to one address ,it appears in both !!
Can anyone put me right so that an email to...

Yes your are right but some of us are a bit dim and that is why I asked for an idiots guide on my first post !!!!!

Sorry AGAIN . It was your suggestion of enabling dotnet 3.5 that solved it .

Sid

That works !! Thanks to all who helped with this .

Sid

Think you might have something there as in downloads it is only showing s file of 180 Kb

Have just been called out so will get back again tomorrow . And thanks .

Sorry davishk !! Will do that .

Never got that far it just sits there !!

Thanks for response . Yes I did use MS site for download .

Have just got laptop with Win 10 preinstalled . Found its mail program USELESS . No contacts etc etc . Decided to install Live mail . Downloaded the file from MS ( 2012 version ) hit install but it...