Windows Mail

mathewgx said:

Does anybody know how to minimise winmail to quick forder instead of the taskbar ?

I think that it was possible in vista.

Do you mean in the Notification area in the right side of the bottom taskbar, or Quick launch in the left side?

If you mean Quick launch, create a desktop shortcut for WinMail from either the Start Menu or WinMail file in Windows Mail folder in Program files. Drag/drop the shortcut icon of Windows Mail from the desktop to a blank spot of the bottom taskbar. The shortcut on the desktop still remains. To remove, right click the icon, and click: Unpin this program from the taskbar.

If you're referring to the having it in the Notification Area, normally you would: Right click blank space in bottom task bar --> Properties --> Taskbar tab --> Sub-heading: Notification area --> Customize --> Choose options.

Even though it shows Windows Mail as an option to show in the Notification area, sorry, but it doesn't work, no matter what boxes or drop down menu items you choose. Or more accurately I should say it doesn't work in my operating system of Windows 7.

Didn't read all of this but here's the error for Offline Crash:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: WinMail.exe
Application Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Application Timestamp: 4a5bc658
Fault Module Name: StackHash_0a9e
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00000000
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

My guess is that it has something to do with security. Here's what takes place when going offline with IE8

Code:

"E:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe" "E:\Windows\system32\WININET.dll",DispatchAPICall 1

poppa bear said:

mathewgx said:

Does anybody know how to minimise winmail to quick forder instead of the taskbar ?

I think that it was possible in vista.

Do you mean in the Notification area in the right side of the bottom taskbar, or Quick launch in the left side?

If you mean Quick launch, create a desktop shortcut for WinMail from either the Start Menu or WinMail file in Windows Mail folder in Program files. Drag/drop the shortcut icon of Windows Mail from the desktop to a blank spot of the bottom taskbar. The shortcut on the desktop still remains. To remove, right click the icon, and click: Unpin this program from the taskbar.

If you're referring to the having it in the Notification Area, normally you would: Right click blank space in bottom task bar --> Properties --> Taskbar tab --> Sub-heading: Notification area --> Customize --> Choose options.

Even though it shows Windows Mail as an option to show in the Notification area, sorry, but it doesn't work, no matter what boxes or drop down menu items you choose. Or more accurately I should say it doesn't work in my operating system of Windows 7.

I want it to minimize into the quick launch. I have the shortcut icon at the quick launch but winmail minimizes into the taskbar.
If i remember correctly , in vista it minimized to quick launch , so there was enough free space at the taskbar.

mathewgx said:

...If i remember correctly , in vista it minimized to quick launch , so there was enough free space at the taskbar.

I'm still using WM in Vista. When the program is open and running it's in the task bar like any other program. If you use the minimize button in the upper right corner of the window, it stays in the same place on the task bar. If a new email comes in, you get a notification icon as well in the system tray (right side near clock). If you close the window with the "x" in the upper right corner both the task bar item and the notification icon disappear. As far as the startup icon goes, you can put that anywhere else...quick launch (left end of task bar), on the desktop, in the start menu, etc. like any other program.

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kewl1 said:

I did download a couple of Windows updates and can't remember anything else.

You could run Windows update machine, but only load available updates one at a time, noting the KB number, and test WinMail after each one is installed. It's a bit tedious but probably the only way to isolate the one causing the problem

I'll do that. Here's another strange thing that happens but it doesn't seem to be all the time. And again it's just on the one computer. When I push Send Receive or just the Send All button. It will not function at all. However then when I go to close the program it will tell me that I have mail in the outbox and it will send it as I shut down the program. Weird.

roncerr said:

mathewgx said:

...If i remember correctly , in vista it minimized to quick launch , so there was enough free space at the taskbar.

I'm still using WM in Vista. When the program is open and running it's in the task bar like any other program. If you use the minimize button in the upper right corner of the window, it stays in the same place on the task bar. If a new email comes in, you get a notification icon as well in the system tray (right side near clock). If you close the window with the "x" in the upper right corner both the task bar item and the notification icon disappear. As far as the startup icon goes, you can put that anywhere else...quick launch (left end of task bar), on the desktop, in the start menu, etc. like any other program.

One other option, if you want to minimize it to the system tray (right side near clock), you could use RBTray

It appears that it works to minimize most all open windows to the systray.

Hi:)

OK I successfully followed the directions some time ago. It was great.
Now I am using Outlook. But I want to get rid of Win mail. What are the directions to reverse what I did?

thanks

Thanks Poppa.
The reason for my wanting to get rid of it is:
My mail backup program keeps finding WinMail and backing up the folder.
I am assuming that doing what you have suggested will fix that issue.
:)

silat said:

Thanks Poppa.
The reason for my wanting to get rid of it is:
My mail backup program keeps finding WinMail and backing up the folder.
I am assuming that doing what you have suggested will fix that issue.
:)

It should do, but let us know how it goes either way for the benefit of others who may have the same problem.

Cheers PB