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Strange, it looks quite different on my screen...ah well, who cares as long as it works, right?
Strange, it looks quite different on my screen...ah well, who cares as long as it works, right?
Can Windows Mail be updated once Activated in Windows 7?
I have it working GREAT except I get no Updates to it as I do for Windows & Office.
Thanks for your GREAT instructions for activating Windows Mail,
Bill
Had to attend to important family business, funeral, that took some time. Now I am trying, for the second time, to follow the instructions to reinstate Windows Mail. I get an error message when trying to execute WinMailEdit.reg. " Can't import C:\Users\Daniel\Downloads\WinMailEdit\WinMailEdit.reg: Not all data was successfully written to the registry. Some keys are open by the system or other processes."
Please help!
Hello Mathew,
I think that may be a question best asked at our sister site Eight Forums instead. :)
However, I would think that it would be best to drop Windows Mail since it is no longer supported by Microsoft, and move on to a newer and better email client of your choice instead. For example, Windows Live Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook, etc....
Hey, I made a batch file of the fix on your page since I plan to use it on a lot of computers. I have attached the zip with the batch files (and other necessary components) if you wanted to add them to your page for people that want an easy fix. Pretty self-explanatory. Thanks for the great fix!
*EDIT All you need to run is "winmail32.bat" for a 32bit installation, or "winmail64.bat" for a 64bit installation. The rest of the files are just there for the batch file to use.
Last edited by EKMantis; 25 Jan 2012 at 09:35.
Sure, all you do is run "winmail32.bat" for 32 bit installations, or "winmail64.bat" for a 64 bit operating system. That will do the entire windows mail tutorial for you. (besides troubleshooting of course)
Hope it helps, Mantis
I did the Windows Mail fix as originally posted on a friend's computer.
All went well. Thank You again...
I thought I had all windows updates done, but I was wrong.
Service pack 1 would not install.
I read through various posts, and simply gave up and did a total re-load of Win 7 and added WLM for my friend.
Was there ever a final resolution of the SP1 problem?
I fear SP2 on my computer with WM loaded.
Don
I would restart your computer and try doing the tutorial from stage one(without opening or trying to open windows mail!), or run one of the batch files I have posted(Run as Administrator). I would recommend disabling User Account Control if you have not done so already. If that still doesn't work, you probably have a permissions problem in your registry.