Windows 7: Windows Mail

It's amazing how simple some things can be....makes a change...LOL ;-)

It would be great if someone could make and release a full installer setup for both x86 and x64 versions with a setup creation tool such as Inno Setup which will install Windows Mail and create the the necessary program shortcuts into the start menu and onto the desktop and enter the needed registry entries automatically.

No problem doing that but do I need the Complete Vista 64 Bit Windows Mail Folder or can I use whats already there in the Win 7 64 bit Program Files>Windows Mail but just change 64-bit msoe.dll?

Also does it matter that the file to send a short cut to the desktop is not in Windows 7 64 Bit Mail


EDIT: What a dickhead I am, I never read the instructions properly (despite reading them about 6 times); I did not change ALL the hidden extensions etc

ALL working now, THANK YOU

1. You should NOT move either the 32 or 64 bit Vista Windows Mail folder into your Windows 7 operating system. Doing so will cause problems further down the track and stop WinMail from working.

2. The only Vista file needed is the msoe.dll and a download button will provide you with the 64bit version of this file in Step 4, Page 1 of this tutorial.

3. Re creating a shortcut to the desktop to run WinMail,exe ... if you have done the first 3 Steps of the tutorial correctly, the latter part of Step 4 tells you how to send the WinMail.exe file, (from the Windows Mail folder in the 64bit Program Files), to the desktop as a shortcut.

Normally the WinMail.exe file is invisible, but executing Step 2 in the tutorial makes it visible. It Step 2 fails to make it visible, then use Footnote 4 to make it visible.

Update: Ooopps! Sorry. The edit in your last post just above this one was not visible when I posted this reply. PB

I really do not see the requirement of Windows Mail. If you have Windows 7 then it is much more worthwhile to try Windows Live Mail 2011 that comes with the Windows Live Essentials Package. Or better, use Mozilla Thunderbird, which is much more lightweight....

But whatever, the tutorial's great !!!

The main reason why I like Windows Mail is because it's lightweight and easy to use and as I used Windows XP before updating to Windows 7, Windows Mail feels and functions much like outlook express that I used on XP.

That''s the problem i am facing right now,after installing this ***** servicepack 1.

Since there are a lot of ways,which lead to Rome,

i fixed my winmail on 2 laptops win 7 hp 32 bits and 1 desktop Windows 7 ult. 64 bits

simly by renaming the existing winmail program files to winmail-old and then

copy-ing the winmail files (with the updated msoe.dll file) from a Vista source to

the pc's...and using them..as described..

An easy way,which works great even after the killer update KB978542..

But now i seem to be stuck..whenever i install the sp 1 it destroys my beloved

WinMail ..i like it and comments about windows live mail are not constructive in

any way..

Well,needless to say i tried to fix it by following the outstanding tutorial,but it did

not work for me.Maybe it's too complicated and i am a moron..it's possible,but not

very likely ..

I used system restore and everthing is working likes allways,but i can't install the

the servicepack yet,for i have to have a solution before downloading it...

Any suggestions are welcome......

Today I installed Windows 7 SP1 and my Windows Mail disappeared. Originally, I installed from this site, following every steps, so I did it again, and when I finished, I got back my Windows Mail, with my contacts and emails that I did not deleted. I am so happy, so I recommend everyone that happens this, to do everything again. At the end, I did not find the WinMail.exe but I did the "Footnote 4" and found that I forgot to Unstick “Hide protected operating”… Ones I did, I found WinMail.exe and now Windows Mail is PERFECT.
I have Windows 7 Professional 64 bits SP1

Please help me, I didn't find any solution yet.

I want to install SP1 and I use WinMail on Windows 7.
I don't know exactly which patch I applied, I remember copying the msoe.dll from an archive I extracted, later I applied some registry file to be able to open eml files

now I can't install SP1 because of an 80004005 error, it has to do with the winmail (mail_core_something)

3 things I tried: deleted the registry entry that has to do with mail_core in the sidebyside/winners part of the registry
I replaced all winmail files by files from another "unpatched" Windows 7 PC
I ran the /scanmfc command, which found errors that couldn't be fixed

how do I install SP1 now?

Thanks for any help!

Hi PB,
Do you have a download link for Service Pack 1, x86? It's listed in my auto updates but will not install from there. The first time I tried, it downloaded to 31 percent, stayed there for about two hours with TrustedInstaller choking down system the whole time. I tried again for five hours with no joy. I hate to download the entire package considering the auto update listed it for me as only being 61mb but I thought I'd give it a try