Windows 7: Windows Mail

Well,i finally did it.
I fixed the sp1 installation on my win 7 ultimate 64bits and got winmail back working,right after..

Here is how.

First:-at march 01-2011, i installed sp1 via automatic updates without any problem,but there was no way to get winmail working again..so i removed sp1 and the troubles began.

After trying to update again (failed 4 times) i had to fix a sqmapi.dll (error C0000135) and after that i got over and over the same error 800B0100 so what did i do.

I found the answer to be rather simple: just by installing and running hotfix Tool To Repair Windows Updates ( don't forget to restart.!!) and looking after the cbs logfiles which mentioned that everything was fixed/no problems i could install the servicepack.
This time quite a bit larger ,some 235 MB.

Before updating i removed all winmail files from programfiles and replacing it by the original one,which i still had.

After the update i renamed the winmailfolder to winmail-old and i put the before working folder back (i backed it up ofcourse) again in the same programfiles.
Made a shortcut from winmail.exe and attached it on my taskbar.

Yes everything works and i have all my accounts and extra mailfolders back.

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So before the final update (even after 8 times trying) for 64 bits:

1-backup your working winmailfolder

2-replace it by your original one,doesn't have to be 100% virgin..it's not a dealbreaker.

3-fix the install of sp1 by first running the hotfix KB947821.,VERY IMPORTANT..!!!

4-after installing , rename the updated winmail file and copy the original-working-one back into your programfiles

5-your done.

If anyone has more questions i'll be happy to answer them.

Good luck..

Well, as for me, knowing it wasn't CRITICAL to get SP1 installed right away, it nonetheless nagged at me (character flaw?) and so I kept attempting the update, sometimes using other suggestions I'd read, sometimes combining them into a hybrid solution (I mean non-solution), sometimes throwing in some of my own ideas. Mostly, it was because I knew that, within a few months, SP1 would migrate from being an "optional" update to an "important" update. A few months later, there'd be new software products from M$ requiring SP1, much like how SP3 is required for most things now with XP. So, getting it installed and working has been a debacle, but I'm glad it's mostly finished. Two PCs are completed, using the process first mentioned by mick823, I may do the 3rd one tonight. I mentioned there's about an hour's worth of general cleanup after the process finishes; a few minor items have cropped up since. Really minor, actually. For one, you'll get migrated back to IE8. Yeah, I know, who cares? Anyhow, re-migrating back to IE9 RC took all of 5 minutes. The other item was going thru the Windows Media Player setup again, also trivial. There's probably other things I haven't found yet either. Oh, one other thing... my laptop is old, and has some old hardware. HP has NO 64-bit software support for my model, but I'd found resources online months ago when I initially installed Windows 7-x64. Good thing I saved them, because the SP1 update wiped out my audio and analog modem! So, I'd recommend that if you're upgrading an older PC, don't presume all your devices will work after the upgrade. Find the drivers before you attempt it, and keep them handy.

In addition to my previous post:

This was the "dealbreaking" problem,which update KB 947821 solved for me:

Installation for TAP-Win32 Adapter V9

De installatie van stuurprogramma FileRepository\oemwin2k.inf_amd64_neutral_e26979d6f0e2cf95\oemwin2k.inf voor apparaat-id ROOT\NET\0000 is voltooid door Stuurprogrammabeheer met de volgende status: 0x0.

Btw,i reclaimed over 2 GB by cleaning the system with various tools.

I see a new problem here:
whenever I start winmail, it works as it should
BUT
taskman doesn't list it was winmail.exe
I see a process named 70c089bf20d5cb01730500001004dc15.WinMail.exe, it's location seems to be C:\Windows\winsxs\Temp\PendingDeletes

any idea how to fix this?

Did you try deleting your old desktop shortcut and creating a new one? Probably a dumb question but sometimes we forget the obvious.

yeah, on 1 PC the old link didn't work anyone
but here, even if I start winmail directly in the program folder, it's still listed as written above

I made the win mail hack right after installation (clean) of Win x64 professional back last August. All has been well until SP1 update in late Feb. The error message search *80004005 lead to this thread among others.

After reading thru this thread and digesting the info and trying several things, I finally got the SP installed. Here is what worked for me:

1. Rename Winmail folder in Program Files folder to Winmail vista.
2. Copied original folder (complete) from my original install DVD (using 7ZIP to do the work) directly to the Program Files directory. Then reboot cold from complete power off. (Another thread on this forum tells how to use 7Zip for this).
3. Uninstall update KB978542, Reboot from Power off.
4. Ran SFC /scannow from an Administrator privilege command prompt window. Reboot from power off.
5. Install SP1 from regular update screen - took about 30 Min but completed normally.

I have now installed Thunderbird 3.1.9 and have it configured to mimic Winmail which it does fairly well. I am done with the hacks.

Thanks to all the contributers on this thread for the inspiration!

Thank everybody for your help, I am a 69 year old computer "Whacker!",
it is very difficult for me to understand all the different messages that I receive from you folks but I deeply appreciate your taking time to help "old folks" like me;
Again Many Thanks;
bobk

Thank you to all who have helped me. bobk

Good Morning All,
I have read so much on this subject and am so confused, as you can tell by my user name, I am no young duck and get confused very easily when it comes to the computer world.
Right now I have a HP Compac Laptop that is running Windows Vista but am (very soon) going to upgrade only because I need a faster one butttt I am petrified that I will lose my Windows Mail program that I currently use in Vista. I went as far as to call some computer places to see if I can get one that has Windows Vista with no luck. So here I am, I have read all of the instructions, all the corrections and am now totally convinced, I am computer illiterate. Is there somewhere I can go to get all the "current" instructions (with all the fixes) already included?

At this point I do not have my new laptop with Windows 7 (not sure now if I want to) but is there something I can do prior to the upgrade to prepare myself to make the revert back to Windows Mail from Windows Live Mail alot less confusing for this old girl?
Once I purchase, might even be tomorrow or the next day, I will need all current instructions in one place or I am doomed.

Thanking you in advance for any help you good people can provide.. (pretty please)

Grammaxsix