Latest Windows Essentials Version Released

Brink · 02 Dec 2010

Thank you Nick. First post updated. :)

jong84 · 05 Dec 2010

bookmarked this in case of updates...

thanks a lot!!

Ravanx · 05 Dec 2010

Brink, how did you find the links?

Brink · 05 Dec 2010

Hello Ravanx,

It's the same link as for the "Download Now" button on the main Windows Live Essentials 2011 Download Homepage (same as on first page), but just switch out the file name (below) and remove any stuff after the file name in the link instead.

Web installer file
wlsetup-web.exe

Offline file
wlsetup-all.exe

Ravanx · 13 Dec 2010

Brink said:

Hello Ravanx,

It's the same link as for the "Download Now" button on the main Windows Live Essentials 2011 Download Homepage (same as on first page), but just switch out the file name (below) and remove any stuff after the file name in the link instead.

Web installer file
wlsetup-web.exe

Offline file
wlsetup-all.exe

Oh. What I meant was, how did you find out that all you needed to do was to switch that out?

I found out about this when I downloaded the full installer in the past... after I did some clicking around the microsoft website and I found it.

How did you find it out? If microsoft decides to change the filename for the offline installer, is there a way to find out the new filename?

Brink · 13 Dec 2010

This is what they have been using for quite some time now. I suppose that if they changed it, then Google will have to help find out what it was changed to.

Phone Man · 16 Dec 2010

Thanks for the updates. Also today (12/15) I received a new Silverlight through Windows Update. The new version is 5.0.51204.0.

Jim

Airbot · 16 Dec 2010

Windows Live plugins site launched.

Windows Live Plug-ins

Brink · 16 Dec 2010

Thank you Jim and Aaron. First post updated. :)

Phone Man · 16 Dec 2010

Phone Man said:

Thanks for the updates. Also today (12/15) I received a new Silverlight through Windows Update. The new version is 5.0.51204.0.

Jim

My bad. It should be 4.0.51204.0.

Jim