Does IE9 affect Windows Mail?

[oblio98]

I am running Windows Mail (from Vista) with W7 x64 and it's been running fine. I am not sure if it's related or not, but I installed the IE9 RC on my laptop a few days ago, and I now notice that the message area info bar with the TO, FROM, Attachment Paperclip, and 'Click here to see images" is now messed up. Instead of the proper fonts, the area now used the vgasys.fon, and the paperclip does not show if an email has an attachment, and the bar that allows you to click if you want to see the images in an email does not show up.

OK. I know, I should be using W Live Mail, but I like the way Windows Mail works as it does not serparate all of the mail from each email address I have, and what the heck, I'm used to it.

So, if anyone knows I'd appreciate it if you could tell me if this can be remedied. I already tried dragging the Windows Mail folder from a Vista PC back to the box and it makes no difference. I figure it's something in the registry.

Here's a jpg of what I'm talking about. The inset with the shadow is what the area should look like. The screen shot is what it actually looks like, with my email address blocked out in both examples.

THANKS FOR LOOKING!!

 

[Mishek]

Same problem here after installing IE9 RC on my computer my Windows Mail looks different.
I lost the paper clip, it changed fonts and the security msg is gone.
I tried to reinstall Windows Mail but it didint fix the problem.
Messed up my calculator gadget too.
Countless reboots didnt fix the problems

 

[kristalsoldier]

Hmmm...strange...I have WLM 2011 and IE9 RC on a Win 7 Pro 64-bit machine and WLM seems to work fine. I specifically checked on the "paper clip", and security message. No problem. About the fonts, I am not very sure - though I don't see anything different. Of course, there is a font problem (on my machine) with how Gmail is rendered, but that's another issue.

 

[oblio98]

It's not with Windows Live Mail, it's with Windows Mail (The Vista version of Outlook Express)

Glad to see someone else has verified the problem. There must be something that can be reset in the registry that will fix this. Any experts out there know where the Windows Mail get's its settings from? (Oh, for the old days of the .ini file! )

 

[kristalsoldier]

It's not with Windows Live Mail, it's with Windows Mail (The Vista version of Outlook Express)

Glad to see someone else has verified the problem. There must be something that can be reset in the registry that will fix this. Any experts out there know where the Windows Mail get's its settings from? (Oh, for the old days of the .ini file! )

Oops! Sorry. I mis-read.

 

[roncerr]

...There must be something that can be reset in the registry that will fix this...

The Windows Mail Tutorial (http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/5481-windows-mail.html) includes msoe.dll files taken from the Vista version of Windows Mail. At least once so far, a Windows Update made the dll on Windows 7 different from what it now is for users of Vista. They updated the tutorial's file after that happened. So if Windows Mail stops working after an Update you might check the tutorial fourm (now close to 100 posts) to see or ask if the tutorial version of msoe.dll has been recently updated. If so, the newest version should make Windows Mail work again with all the latest Windows Updates.

 

[Mishek]

O.K so how do I fix Windows Mail in Vista 64bit to its original look and feel.
In my personal opinion this should be fixed by Microsoft.

 

[lefkos]

It's not with Windows Live Mail, it's with Windows Mail (The Vista version of Outlook Express)

Glad to see someone else has verified the problem. There must be something that can be reset in the registry that will fix this. Any experts out there know where the Windows Mail get's its settings from? (Oh, for the old days of the .ini file! )

same problem with me. I run on a win7 homepremium 64b platform and win mail is all messed up after installing ie9.

did some one find a way out of it?

 

[oblio98]

I tried replacing the msoe.dll with the one from my Vista 64 laptop, and nothing changed. It's still messed up in the message area.

 

[Mishek]

Yes sir i followed some general advice how to back up msgs and contact book and reinstall Windows Mail posted on one of blogs and that didn't help with the problem. I think the problem is sitting deep in registry.
I am surprised that Microsoft didn't test their release of IE9 RC before making it available for everybody.
The changes it made in my Windows Mail started me looking at other mail programs. This is for the second time in 2 years that Microsoft disappoints me. First with problems in my Outlook 2002 and Vista and now with making my Windows Mail not working properly.

 

[Big Robbo]

I have the same problem. No more paperclip attachment on the middle viewing bar. I have just uninstalled IE9 RC and am waiting to reboot to see if this works. There may be a need to reinstall the Vista msoe.dll file again. Hope to let you know soon. [See below]

As for Microsoft testing the release... what did you expect? If they did it would not be on Win7 with Vista WinMail installed! Especially as they left out all mail programs.

I am now pleased to advise that after uninstalling IE9 RC, and a restart, the attachment link in Windows Mail has returned.

 

[roncerr]

Microsoft doesn't support Vista's Windows Mail on Windows 7. (They assume you will be using Windows Live Mail or Outlook.) So any update has the potential to break Windows Mail on 7 and all you can do is hope a new msoe.dll will be posted in the tutorial to deal with it.

 

[oblio98]

.........I am now pleased to advise that after uninstalling IE9 RC, and a restart, the attachment link in Windows Mail has returned.

There has to be something in the registry that controls the "view message" area of Windows Mail.

If I had to guess, I'd say that maybe it uses IE as the engine for the message viewer, and that's why the .dll's and registry settings for Windows Mail do not affect that view pane. In the IE9 registry settings, there are probably keys that do not exist anymore that feed this window.

Does that make sense?

 

[roncerr]

If you post the issue in the Tutorial Forum, perhaps an answer will be found. Right now there is a lot of talk about the possible effect of SP1 on Windows Mail: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/5481-windows-mail-92.html (pages 92-95)

 

[sammy66]

Anyone found a way ? The problem still persists with IE9 final with W7 and even with Vista

 

[oblio98]

I don't think MS will care, as they don't support WinMail anymore, and they want you to change to Live Mail

Sucks though, because I have WinMail setup just the way I want, and you cannot setup Live Mail the same way.
I may end up having to give Thunderbird a shot.

 

[wing23]

same problems here ...
the font problem and the attachment problem
can't save/view any attachments anymore after installing IE9 today -_-
darn ...
and I thought the only annoying thing is that the favorites are now on the right side of the browser -_-

 

[enes73]

Same here Does someone fix this? I noticed that Vista have a same problem. If you install IE9 on Vista, same problems shows (cannot open Attachment from read panel, and fonts are bigger and bold).

Maybe someone had a solution?

 

[wing23]

hmm, if Vista has the same problems then I think there's some hope
since winmail is part of vista ...
but then I don't understand why MS didn't notice during their long beta tests ....

 

[aggie81]

I can also confirm this same problem between Windows Mail and IE9 on a Vista Ultimate laptop. Installed IE9 last night and since then WinMail has been messed up. If I open up the email I can see the header fine and file attachments, just not from the reading preview pane. Thanks MS!