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  1. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #1370

    Glad to hear it!

    Still struggling along with Windows Mail on my Seven laptop. Inexplicably, after recent updates the program crashes and restarts when trying to open mail from one or two specific senders. This can be avoided by checking "Read all messages in plain text" (when opening, and only sending in plain text if I want to send a reply) so that's an annoyance to live with.
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  2. Posts : 1,633
    Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
       #1371

    Brink said:
    This tutorial is back by popular demand. :)
    Thanks. Win 8/8.1 only...this is an FYI only. Weird thing, I used my archived copy of the file to set up WM in a new installation of Win 8.1 and it wouldn't work, WM wouldn't open....until I swapped the Windows Mail folder in Program Files for a copy of my Vista one.
    Then it just worked magically as if the fixes then had something concrete to work on. Very strange.
    I guess I'll never know why that happened.

    Edit: I just remembered what the problem was....I noticed that in the Win Mail folder in 8.1 the WinMail.exe (for one) was missing and the fix, as is, doesn't replace it.

    As you can see from the two following illustrations, the Vista folder (2) is much larger than the native 8.1 folder (1)
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Windows Mail-wm81.jpg   Windows Mail-wmv.jpg  
    Last edited by Ex_Brit; 31 Dec 2013 at 07:47.
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  3. Posts : 6,458
    x64 (6.3.9600) Win8.1 Pro & soon dual boot x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem
       #1372

    Ex_Brit: This tutorial only applies to Windows 7.

    The Win8 process to reinstate WM is discussed here: Solved Windows Mail Anyone?
    Ex_Brit said:
    .....I used my archived copy of the file to set up WM in a new installation of Win 8.1 and it wouldn't work, WM wouldn't open....until I swapped the Windows Mail folder in Program Files for a copy of my Vista one.
    Last edited by Slartybart; 30 Dec 2013 at 06:33. Reason: add Ex_Brit:
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  4. Posts : 6,458
    x64 (6.3.9600) Win8.1 Pro & soon dual boot x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem
       #1373

    Bart2010: When did you reinstate WM? The tutorial changed a little over a year ago to incorporate many corrective posts in the origiinal tut, although the original posts are still here.

    The easiest thing to do is simply run through the current tutorial (posts prior to 1230 do not apply to this iteration and were left in place only as a reference)
    Bart2010 said:
    Glad to hear it!

    Still struggling along with Windows Mail on my Seven laptop. Inexplicably, after recent updates the program crashes and restarts when trying to open mail from one or two specific senders.

    This can be avoided by checking "Read all messages in plain text" (when opening, and only sending in plain text if I want to send a reply) so that's an annoyance to live with.
    Thanks for posting your workaround.

    Last edited by Slartybart; 30 Dec 2013 at 06:32. Reason: add Bart2010:
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  5. Posts : 1,633
    Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
       #1374

    Well I am keeping a copy of my Windows Mail folders, both x86 and x64 in the cloud for future reference, just in case.

    If anyone needs them let me know.
    Last edited by Ex_Brit; 30 Dec 2013 at 06:24.
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  6. Posts : 2
    32bit
       #1375

    Does this work in Windows 7 enterprise as well? Thanks in advance.
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  7. Posts : 1,633
    Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
       #1376

    I can't find anything that says it wont work, so it's probably worth a try.
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  8. Posts : 6,458
    x64 (6.3.9600) Win8.1 Pro & soon dual boot x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem
       #1377

    TCSnoopy: It should - follow the main tutorial only.

    Post questions if you have them. People have had difficulty if they follow posts between 1 and 1230 - much of the discussion after 1230 is banter. It's better to ask anew.

    This tutorial reinstates basic functionality of WinMail running under Win7.
    Calendaring in WinMail is covered under a seperate tutorial - see the related tutorial.
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  9. Posts : 1,633
    Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
       #1378

    I wonder if Shawn is going to put the shortcut links back in the Tutorial Index as I see there are none?
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  10. Posts : 1,633
    Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
       #1379

    Slartybart, yes sorry I digressed. I've clarified that post as applying to 8/8.1. Sorry I just re-read your post and realised I hadn't answered it.

    My apologies.
    Last edited by Ex_Brit; 31 Dec 2013 at 08:20.
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