Windows Mail
 

Windows Mail sure seems like a kludge of a program. Outlook Express
seemed to be much better/faster/more configurable. I know there are
plenty of other 3rd party mail programs available, but has anyone been
able to install OE in W7?

Windows Mail
 

"Stewart" wrote in message
...
Windows Mail sure seems like a kludge of a program. Outlook Express
seemed to be much better/faster/more configurable. I know there are
plenty of other 3rd party mail programs available, but has anyone been
able to install OE in W7?


No. Neither can you install Windows Mail either.

Windows Mail
 

"Stewart" wrote in message
...
Windows Mail sure seems like a kludge of a program. Outlook Express
seemed to be much better/faster/more configurable. I know there are
plenty of other 3rd party mail programs available, but has anyone been
able to install OE in W7?



Outlook Express was a part of Internet Explorer 6 and that program is not
compatible with Win7.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

Windows Mail
 

"Stewart" wrote in message
...
Windows Mail sure seems like a kludge of a program. Outlook Express
seemed to be much better/faster/more configurable. I know there are
plenty of other 3rd party mail programs available, but has anyone been
able to install OE in W7?

You need to read the thread "Windows 7 email client." OE won't work in 7
but Windows Live Mail (not Windows Mail) is a viable alternative.

Windows Mail
 

"Gordon" wrote in message
...

"Stewart" wrote in message
...
Windows Mail sure seems like a kludge of a program. Outlook Express
seemed to be much better/faster/more configurable. I know there are
plenty of other 3rd party mail programs available, but has anyone been
able to install OE in W7?


No. Neither can you install Windows Mail either.


I'm on a Win7 machine. Look at my message headers. w
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

Windows Mail
 

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...

"Gordon" wrote in message
...

"Stewart" wrote in message
...
Windows Mail sure seems like a kludge of a program. Outlook Express
seemed to be much better/faster/more configurable. I know there are
plenty of other 3rd party mail programs available, but has anyone been
able to install OE in W7?


No. Neither can you install Windows Mail either.


I'm on a Win7 machine. Look at my message headers. w
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


Who would want to? Yes I have seen some kludgy work-arounds to enable WM but
WLM is superior IMHO....

Windows Mail
 

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...

"Gordon" wrote in message
...

"Stewart" wrote in message
...
Windows Mail sure seems like a kludge of a program. Outlook Express
seemed to be much better/faster/more configurable. I know there are
plenty of other 3rd party mail programs available, but has anyone been
able to install OE in W7?


No. Neither can you install Windows Mail either.


I'm on a Win7 machine. Look at my message headers. w

And mine as well...

Chris


--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

Windows Mail
 

"Gordon" wrote in message
...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...

"Gordon" wrote in message
...

"Stewart" wrote in message
...
Windows Mail sure seems like a kludge of a program. Outlook Express
seemed to be much better/faster/more configurable. I know there are
plenty of other 3rd party mail programs available, but has anyone
been able to install OE in W7?


No. Neither can you install Windows Mail either.


I'm on a Win7 machine. Look at my message headers. w
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


Who would want to? Yes I have seen some kludgy work-arounds to enable WM
but WLM is superior IMHO....


I am using it for news only. Like OE, it can check for new messages and
download them without having to Sync manually. Nice to be able to just
glance over and see if there are new messages. Can't do that with WLMail.
I don't understand why they did away with that.

Also, I don't care for the tiny little triangle to expand threads as
opposed to the larger + box.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

Windows Mail
 

Sure.
Just run Windows XP in a Virtual Machine...
Dave

"Stewart" wrote in message
...
Windows Mail sure seems like a kludge of a program. Outlook Express
seemed to be much better/faster/more configurable. I know there are
plenty of other 3rd party mail programs available, but has anyone been
able to install OE in W7?

Windows Mail
 

"Gordon"
No. Neither can you install Windows Mail either.

YES you can install WINDOWS MAIL in Windows7.

You need to copy the files

winmail.exe
msoe.dll

from a Windows Vista machine.

(be careful there are 32bin and 64bit versions)

Then paste to appropriate directory on Win7.

But first you must grant yourself full access to the directories
and delete the old files on win7.

It works, i have it running myself.

greetings

Roland Schweiger

Windows Mail
 

AMEN!!

"Gordon" wrote in message
...



Who would want to? Yes I have seen some kludgy work-arounds to enable WM
but WLM is superior IMHO....

Windows Mail
 

Yes I am running it right now..





"Stewart" wrote in message
...
Windows Mail sure seems like a kludge of a program. Outlook Express
seemed to be much better/faster/more configurable. I know there are
plenty of other 3rd party mail programs available, but has anyone been
able to install OE in W7?

Windows Mail (Actually Windows Live Mail!)
 

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...

"Gordon" wrote in message
...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...

"Gordon" wrote in message
...

"Stewart" wrote in message
...
Windows Mail sure seems like a kludge of a program. Outlook
Express seemed to be much better/faster/more configurable. I
know there are plenty of other 3rd party mail programs
available, but has anyone been able to install OE in W7?


No. Neither can you install Windows Mail either.


I'm on a Win7 machine. Look at my message headers. w
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


Who would want to? Yes I have seen some kludgy work-arounds to
enable WM but WLM is superior IMHO....


I am using it for news only. Like OE, it can check for new messages
and download them without having to Sync manually. Nice to be able
to just glance over and see if there are new messages. Can't do that
with WLMail. I don't understand why they did away with that.

Also, I don't care for the tiny little triangle to expand threads as
opposed to the larger + box.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


Was there a DL for WM to install in W7? I really don't care for the
WLM handling of newsgroups either (don't much care for the mail
interface either)...

Windows Mail
 

Roland Schweiger wrote:

YES you can install WINDOWS MAIL in Windows7.

I for one would appreciate a more detailed guide as to exactly how to do
this; I'm not getting on well with Live Mail at all.

Bert

Windows Mail
 

"Bert Coules" wrote in message
o.uk...
Roland Schweiger wrote:

YES you can install WINDOWS MAIL in Windows7.

I for one would appreciate a more detailed guide as to exactly how to do
this; I'm not getting on well with Live Mail at all.

Bert


First, you need access to a Vista machine.

On the W7 machine, find the "Windows Mail" folder in Program Files. Rename
it to "OldWindows Mail" as a precaution.

Using a Flash or CD, copy the "Windows Mail" folder in its entirety from
the Vista machine.

Go back to the Win7 machine and copy the "Windows Mail" from the Flash or
CD to a location in Program Files.

Open it and right click on the WinMail.exe file and send a shortcut to the
Desktop. Done.

A few caveats: EML and NWS files will not open in WinMail, but rather
another e-mail client that you will need to have. WinMail also cannot be
made the default mail or news client.

See this as well:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...dows-mail.html
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA