R.H. Breener wrote:

"Paul" wrote in message
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R.H. Breener wrote:
I just bought a new laptop with W 8 and have a few questions. How do
I get rid of having to constantly put in a password to use it? It's
frigging annoying as hell. The other question is how do I hack in
WindowsMail like I did in W 7? WindowsMail works great in W 7 so I
moved the folder to W 8 but it wont open. How can I get it to open?
Please don't suggest other mail programs as I've tried most of the
years and can't stand them. Thanks.

You can use your search engine, like this

"windows mail" site:sevenforums.com
"windows mail" site:eightforums.com

and get a solution for each OS.

The second article mentions a DLL that has
to be moved and registered so the OS knows
it is there.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...dows-mail.html

http://www.eightforums.com/browsers-...ndows-8-a.html


On the first article, there is a download, but you can just
as easily open the ZIP with 7-ZIP, take note of what
files they're using, and copy over your Vista ones.

In the first article, there is a .reg file. It may look
like loads of "hex", but in fact those are text strings.
The text strings use wide 16 bit characters. For English
participants, the second byte of a pair is usually 0x00.
The net result is, it looks like hex, when on a previous
OS without wide character support, you'd be looking at an
easy to read %path% type thing. So don't be freaked
out by the hex look of the .reg file. It can be translated
to something readable, with a moderate amount of effort.
The contents aren't totally mysterious. (There are some
things that are pure hex in Windows, but these aren't
examples of that.) It's the inability of Microsoft to
create a decent representation, that makes us go through
this hell (of translation).

At some point in the past, one of these USENET groups
has had a posting on installing WM, but since there is
no archive on Google, it's pretty hard to search what
has already been posted here, when you need an answer.
New groups added to alt.*, are not automatically added
at Google headquarters.

Have fun,
Paul

Thanks Paul. There seems to be several ways to do it and I'll look into
all. The biggest problem is deleting the WindowsMail from W 8 that it
came with. It wont let me delete the copy it came with. Is there a way
to get past that Trusted Installer BS? I have Unlocker but it wont work
on W 8 64 bit. Any suggestions to get around this problem?


On Win8 the mail client is an app. Uninstall it via the Modern UI.
- rt click the Mail app icon, scroll and select 'Uninstall'
Note: doing so will also remove all other apps that are packaged with
the Win8x mail client.

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....winston
msft mvp consumer apps