Live tiles, particularly the Mail tile

[David Rance[_2_]]

A lot of people seem to have trouble with live tiles on both 8.1 and 10.
I'm no exception!

I have two machines running 8.1 and one running 10 (all three are
running natively, no VM). The mail tile on one of the 8.1 machines
hasn't displayed messages for a long time - until this morning! Now it
seems to work - but how long for? The other 8.1 machine doesn't display
anything apart from the envelope icon.

On the Windows 10 machine it displays a message all the time which I
deleted weeks ago. It's no longer on the server so it must have stored
the details somewhere on the computer - but where?

I'm not sure that I'm in desperate need for this to work but, if it's
there and is supposed to be working, then I want it to work! Other
people seem mainly to have the tiles working or not working. My problem
on the Windows 10 machine is that it displays something which isn't
there!

David

--
David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK

[A]

David Rance wrote:
> A lot of people seem to have trouble with live tiles on both 8.1 and 10.
> I'm no exception!
>
> I have two machines running 8.1 and one running 10 (all three are
> running natively, no VM). The mail tile on one of the 8.1 machines
> hasn't displayed messages for a long time - until this morning! Now it
> seems to work - but how long for? The other 8.1 machine doesn't display
> anything apart from the envelope icon.
>
> On the Windows 10 machine it displays a message all the time which I
> deleted weeks ago. It's no longer on the server so it must have stored
> the details somewhere on the computer - but where?
>
> I'm not sure that I'm in desperate need for this to work but, if it's
> there and is supposed to be working, then I want it to work! Other
> people seem mainly to have the tiles working or not working. My problem
> on the Windows 10 machine is that it displays something which isn't there!
>
> David
>

As MS doesn't read these groups, you're barking up the wrong tree if you
expect your message to do any good. Windows 10 hasn't been released yet
so don't expect it to work properly before then.

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A

[David Rance[_2_]]

On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 14:04:40 A wrote:

>David Rance wrote:
>> A lot of people seem to have trouble with live tiles on both 8.1 and 10.
>> I'm no exception!
>>
>> I have two machines running 8.1 and one running 10 (all three are
>> running natively, no VM). The mail tile on one of the 8.1 machines
>> hasn't displayed messages for a long time - until this morning! Now it
>> seems to work - but how long for? The other 8.1 machine doesn't display
>> anything apart from the envelope icon.
>>
>> On the Windows 10 machine it displays a message all the time which I
>> deleted weeks ago. It's no longer on the server so it must have stored
>> the details somewhere on the computer - but where?
>>
>> I'm not sure that I'm in desperate need for this to work but, if it's
>> there and is supposed to be working, then I want it to work! Other
>> people seem mainly to have the tiles working or not working. My problem
>> on the Windows 10 machine is that it displays something which isn't there!
>
>As MS doesn't read these groups, you're barking up the wrong tree if
>you expect your message to do any good. Windows 10 hasn't been released
>yet so don't expect it to work properly before then.

<sigh> Yes, dear!

I wrote this message to see if anyone else HERE had had the same problem
and to see if anyone knew of a work-around. That's what this newsgroup
is for, isn't it?

Of course, I've put this on the Windows feedback site. They do make it
easy by putting a tile on the start page!

David

--
David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK

[A]

David Rance wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 14:04:40 A wrote:
>
>> David Rance wrote:
>>> A lot of people seem to have trouble with live tiles on both 8.1 and 10.
>>> I'm no exception!
>>>
>>> I have two machines running 8.1 and one running 10 (all three are
>>> running natively, no VM). The mail tile on one of the 8.1 machines
>>> hasn't displayed messages for a long time - until this morning! Now it
>>> seems to work - but how long for? The other 8.1 machine doesn't display
>>> anything apart from the envelope icon.
>>>
>>> On the Windows 10 machine it displays a message all the time which I
>>> deleted weeks ago. It's no longer on the server so it must have stored
>>> the details somewhere on the computer - but where?
>>>
>>> I'm not sure that I'm in desperate need for this to work but, if it's
>>> there and is supposed to be working, then I want it to work! Other
>>> people seem mainly to have the tiles working or not working. My problem
>>> on the Windows 10 machine is that it displays something which isn't
>>> there!
>>
>> As MS doesn't read these groups, you're barking up the wrong tree if
>> you expect your message to do any good. Windows 10 hasn't been
>> released yet so don't expect it to work properly before then.
>
> <sigh> Yes, dear!
>
> I wrote this message to see if anyone else HERE had had the same problem
> and to see if anyone knew of a work-around. That's what this newsgroup
> is for, isn't it?
>
> Of course, I've put this on the Windows feedback site. They do make it
> easy by putting a tile on the start page!
>
> David
>

Good luck with that but don't hold your breath.

--
A

[Paul]

David Rance wrote:
> A lot of people seem to have trouble with live tiles on both 8.1 and 10.
> I'm no exception!
>
> I have two machines running 8.1 and one running 10 (all three are
> running natively, no VM). The mail tile on one of the 8.1 machines
> hasn't displayed messages for a long time - until this morning! Now it
> seems to work - but how long for? The other 8.1 machine doesn't display
> anything apart from the envelope icon.
>
> On the Windows 10 machine it displays a message all the time which I
> deleted weeks ago. It's no longer on the server so it must have stored
> the details somewhere on the computer - but where?
>
> I'm not sure that I'm in desperate need for this to work but, if it's
> there and is supposed to be working, then I want it to work! Other
> people seem mainly to have the tiles working or not working. My problem
> on the Windows 10 machine is that it displays something which isn't there!
>
> David
>

Have you checked the setup inside the Mail Tile ?

Is the setup for the account valid ?

Should Mail just be turned off ?

Should some notification setting be turned off ?

Paul

[Gene E. Bloch[_2_]]

On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 14:29:38 +0000, David Rance wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 14:04:40 A wrote:
>
>>David Rance wrote:
>>> A lot of people seem to have trouble with live tiles on both 8.1 and 10.
>>> I'm no exception!
>>>
>>> I have two machines running 8.1 and one running 10 (all three are
>>> running natively, no VM). The mail tile on one of the 8.1 machines
>>> hasn't displayed messages for a long time - until this morning! Now it
>>> seems to work - but how long for? The other 8.1 machine doesn't display
>>> anything apart from the envelope icon.
>>>
>>> On the Windows 10 machine it displays a message all the time which I
>>> deleted weeks ago. It's no longer on the server so it must have stored
>>> the details somewhere on the computer - but where?
>>>
>>> I'm not sure that I'm in desperate need for this to work but, if it's
>>> there and is supposed to be working, then I want it to work! Other
>>> people seem mainly to have the tiles working or not working. My problem
>>> on the Windows 10 machine is that it displays something which isn't there!
>>
>>As MS doesn't read these groups, you're barking up the wrong tree if
>>you expect your message to do any good. Windows 10 hasn't been released
>>yet so don't expect it to work properly before then.
>
> <sigh> Yes, dear!

:-)

> I wrote this message to see if anyone else HERE had had the same problem
> and to see if anyone knew of a work-around. That's what this newsgroup
> is for, isn't it?

I thought so...

> Of course, I've put this on the Windows feedback site. They do make it
> easy by putting a tile on the start page!
>
> David


--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

[...winston‫]

David Rance wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 14:04:40 A wrote:
>
>> David Rance wrote:
>>> A lot of people seem to have trouble with live tiles on both 8.1 and 10.
>>> I'm no exception!
>>>
>>> I have two machines running 8.1 and one running 10 (all three are
>>> running natively, no VM). The mail tile on one of the 8.1 machines
>>> hasn't displayed messages for a long time - until this morning! Now it
>>> seems to work - but how long for? The other 8.1 machine doesn't display
>>> anything apart from the envelope icon.
>>>
>>> On the Windows 10 machine it displays a message all the time which I
>>> deleted weeks ago. It's no longer on the server so it must have stored
>>> the details somewhere on the computer - but where?
>>>
>>> I'm not sure that I'm in desperate need for this to work but, if it's
>>> there and is supposed to be working, then I want it to work! Other
>>> people seem mainly to have the tiles working or not working. My problem
>>> on the Windows 10 machine is that it displays something which isn't
>>> there!
>>
>> As MS doesn't read these groups, you're barking up the wrong tree if
>> you expect your message to do any good. Windows 10 hasn't been
>> released yet so don't expect it to work properly before then.
>
> <sigh> Yes, dear!
>
> I wrote this message to see if anyone else HERE had had the same problem
> and to see if anyone knew of a work-around. That's what this newsgroup
> is for, isn't it?
>
> Of course, I've put this on the Windows feedback site. They do make it
> easy by putting a tile on the start page!
>
> David
>
In Win8x and later...the 'live' in the tile can configured to be on or
off. A sync has to occur for the data in the tile to update. Check
your settings for the respective tile and sync.

--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

[David Rance[_2_]]

On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 20:28:21 =?UTF-8?B?Ii4uLndpbnN0b27igKsi?= wrote:

>David Rance wrote:
>> On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 14:04:40 A wrote:
>>
>>> David Rance wrote:
>>>> A lot of people seem to have trouble with live tiles on both 8.1 and 10.
>>>> I'm no exception!
>>>>
>>>> I have two machines running 8.1 and one running 10 (all three are
>>>> running natively, no VM). The mail tile on one of the 8.1 machines
>>>> hasn't displayed messages for a long time - until this morning! Now it
>>>> seems to work - but how long for? The other 8.1 machine doesn't display
>>>> anything apart from the envelope icon.
>>>>
>>>> On the Windows 10 machine it displays a message all the time which I
>>>> deleted weeks ago. It's no longer on the server so it must have stored
>>>> the details somewhere on the computer - but where?
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure that I'm in desperate need for this to work but, if it's
>>>> there and is supposed to be working, then I want it to work! Other
>>>> people seem mainly to have the tiles working or not working. My problem
>>>> on the Windows 10 machine is that it displays something which isn't
>>>> there!
>>>
>>> As MS doesn't read these groups, you're barking up the wrong tree if
>>> you expect your message to do any good. Windows 10 hasn't been
>>> released yet so don't expect it to work properly before then.
>>
>> <sigh> Yes, dear!
>>
>> I wrote this message to see if anyone else HERE had had the same problem
>> and to see if anyone knew of a work-around. That's what this newsgroup
>> is for, isn't it?
>>
>> Of course, I've put this on the Windows feedback site. They do make it
>> easy by putting a tile on the start page!
>>
>> David
>>
>In Win8x and later...the 'live' in the tile can configured to be on or
>off. A sync has to occur for the data in the tile to update. Check
>your settings for the respective tile and sync.

Yes, it's certainly configured to be on. At least, it is in Win 8.1.
With Win 10 there's no option to turn it on or off (yet, one hopes), but
I think it must default to on. But the thing that puzzles me most is
that, in Win 10, it displays permanently details of a message that was
deleted weeks ago. Just *where* is it storing this info? And why?

There is no option in Win 10, build 9926, to turn any of the live tiles
on or off, but most of them seem to default to on and are updating
normally. It's just the Mail tile that is behaving in this extraordinary
way.

David

--
David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK

[David Rance[_2_]]

On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 08:59:56 David Rance wrote:

>>>>> A lot of people seem to have trouble with live tiles on both 8.1 and 10.
>>>>> I'm no exception!
>>>>>
>>>>> I have two machines running 8.1 and one running 10 (all three are
>>>>> running natively, no VM). The mail tile on one of the 8.1 machines
>>>>> hasn't displayed messages for a long time - until this morning! Now it
>>>>> seems to work - but how long for? The other 8.1 machine doesn't display
>>>>> anything apart from the envelope icon.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the Windows 10 machine it displays a message all the time which I
>>>>> deleted weeks ago. It's no longer on the server so it must have stored
>>>>> the details somewhere on the computer - but where?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure that I'm in desperate need for this to work but, if it's
>>>>> there and is supposed to be working, then I want it to work! Other
>>>>> people seem mainly to have the tiles working or not working. My problem
>>>>> on the Windows 10 machine is that it displays something which isn't
>>>>> there!

Well, I remember I had an apple tree that hadn't fruited for more than
five years, so I told it that if it didn't start producing fruit I was
going to chop it down. That year it started producing apples again!

Two days ago, all of a sudden, my Windows 10 computer started updating
the Mail live tile! I hadn't done anything to the computer. I hadn't
made any changes. It just started working!! I just don't know why!
Unless it knew that I was complaining about it! No updates have recently
been installed.

However, it's still not quite right. When there's no new mail, instead
of going back to a tile with just an envelope, it still displays the
last one even though that email has been deleted.

Ho hum, the mysteries of Microsoft. Sounds like a title for a series of
detective plays!

David

--
David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK