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  1. Posts : 320
    Win7 Ultimate 64bit Retail
       #290

    Don DeBaer said:
    I was hoping for some advice. I followed instructions to activate Windows Mail....and when I click on the shortcut....I just get that spinning timepiece.....the mail program never launches. I did do one thing wrong on the attempt....and that is...I did not make a shortcut to the .exe file...but clicked on it....Once I restarted the computer....I then made the shortcut file....but all have the same results....which is...Windows Mail never starts. Do I need to take all the files back off.....? and put the Old file back in place. How do I start over?
    HELP!!
    ps forgot to mention that when you first run WinMail.exe after importing from Vista, it can take up to 30 seconds for the WinMail window to open.

    Since the WinMailEdit.reg registry edit file has taken out the splash screen, all you will see is the spinning timepiece until it opens.

    Cheers PB
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  2. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 Premium 64 bit
       #291

    Windows Mail


    Thanks, Brink. Guess it's bad news for me. It's Windows Live Mail or nothing. Tried Thunderbird and really didn't care for it too much. I have Windows Office 2007, but only the Student edition, thinking I wouldn't need Outlook. Silly me. I know I can buy it separately, but it's pricey. Microsoft has done it again. I'm not a happy camper.

    Sure appreciate your help, though. The Windows 7 Forums are such a great idea and very helpful.

    Lizzi
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  3. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #292

    No problem Lizzi. There are others like Opera that you might give a test to see how you like as well though.
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  4. Posts : 320
    Win7 Ultimate 64bit Retail
       #293

    To Lizzi re:
    Lizzi said:
    Thanks, Brink. Guess it's bad news for me. It's Windows Live Mail or nothing. Tried Thunderbird and really didn't care for it too much. I have Windows Office 2007, but only the Student edition, thinking I wouldn't need Outlook. Silly me. I know I can buy it separately, but it's pricey. Microsoft has done it again. I'm not a happy camper.

    Sure appreciate your help, though. The Windows 7 Forums are such a great idea and very helpful.

    Lizzi
    If you read post 317 in this thread, found by clicking this link: Windows Mail it should fix your problem and allow the existing Windows Mail application in your Windows 7 to operate. You don't need the Vista Windows Mail folder, only a "msoe.dll" file.

    If you want, send me a private message if you have difficulties with the steps shown in the guide.

    Cheers PB
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  5. Posts : 320
    Win7 Ultimate 64bit Retail
       #294

    Regedits for WinCal


    To Gregs

    Hi Greg,

    Tried to PM you but it was barred from sending.

    Just wanted to let you know, tried the regedits you did to enable Windows Calendar to operate from the button on the top taskbar of WinMail.exe in Win7 64bit installation. And all good. Worked fine.

    Cheers PB
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  6. Posts : 824
    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
       #295

    poppa bear said:
    To Gregs

    Hi Greg,

    Tried to PM you but it was barred from sending.

    Just wanted to let you know, tried the regedits you did to enable Windows Calendar to operate from the button on the top taskbar of WinMail.exe in Win7 64bit installation. And all good. Worked fine.

    Cheers PB
    Hmm, that's odd. Did you pay your sevenforum dues?Lol
    That's good to hear PB.
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  7. Posts : 54
    Win 7 Professional and Windows 8 Professional
       #296

    Finally maneuvered my way through 30+ pages of trial and error to get the windows mail functioning correctly. I had all of the problems described here and then some. Thanks to all who contributed. Has anybody done any work on the junk mail filter? The manually blocked list seems to function correctly on my install but I am not sure about the junk mail filter that you would receive via automatic update in a Vista install. I have another PC with Vista and just received an automatic update for the junk mail filter. A little searching in the windows mail folder turned up a file named OESpamFilter.dat. I tried downloading the latest junk mail filter manually and figured I would give it a try on my win7 OS. I clicked on the install button and got a message that it was not compatible with my OS. My next experiment was to copy and paste the OESpamFilter.dat file from the Vista PC to the WIN7 PC. The file copied over fine but I still don't know if the filter is actually functioning right. Comments anybody?
    Last edited by Brink; 13 Feb 2010 at 14:06. Reason: nothing ;)
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  8. Posts : 320
    Win7 Ultimate 64bit Retail
       #297

    8mick823 said:
    Finally maneuvered my way through 30+ pages of trial and error to get the windows mail functioning correctly. I had all of the problems described here and then some. Thanks to all who contributed. Has anybody done any work on the junk mail filter? The manually blocked list seems to function correctly on my install but I am not sure about the junk mail filter that you would receive via automatic update in a Vista install. I have another PC with Vista and just received an automatic update for the junk mail filter. A little searching in the windows mail folder turned up a file named OESpamFilter.dat. I tried downloading the latest junk mail filter manually and figured I would give it a try on my win7 OS. I clicked on the install button and got a message that it was not compatible with my OS. My next experiment was to copy and paste the OESpamFilter.dat file from the Vista PC to the WIN7 PC. The file copied over fine but I still don't know if the filter is actually functioning right. Comments anybody?
    Unfortunately that's one thing that we couldn't get working. As you correctly say, the blocked list works, but not the junk mail filter you get via auto updates. If you find a work around please let us know.

    Cheers PB
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  9. Posts : 20
    Win 7 Pro 64
       #298

    I can't open an .eml file


    I successfully (I think) brought Windows Mail with me to Windows 7 Pro-64 from Vista, as per your directions. It works, except I cannot open an .eml file. Windows mail is not listed as a candidate in default programs and .eml is not listed as a possibility in file associations. Any help? I prefer to not use Windows Live.
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  10. Posts : 320
    Win7 Ultimate 64bit Retail
       #299

    To friendlyphil re:
    friendlyphil said:
    I successfully (I think) brought Windows Mail with me to Windows 7 Pro-64 from Vista, as per your directions. It works, except I cannot open an .eml file. Windows mail is not listed as a candidate in default programs and .eml is not listed as a possibility in file associations. Any help? I prefer to not use Windows Live.
    Which method did you use to do the import? The original method shown in this tutorial does not include the regedit auto exe file you need to open .eml emails on desktop.

    If you read post 317 on page 32 of this thread, found here, it shows a modified method of enabling WinMail to work in Windows 7.

    In step 1 of this post it has an attachment, WinMailEdit.zip, which edits the registry to allow .eml email files to open on desktop. Then follow step 2 to remove the attributes. If this still doesn't work, you may need to do an additional manual regedit, shown in Footnote 2 of this post... but only if the registry key shown is on your PC. Then finally, re-boot your PC.

    Worst case scenario is you may have to restore everything to it's original state and start again using the instructions in post 317. Be sure to do the steps in strict order, or it may not work.

    Hope this helps. Cheers PB
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