Windows Mail

roncerr · 24 Jul 2010

mtobias said:

In Windows 7 this is the correct way to show hidden files.

1. Start Orb
2. Control Panel
3. Appearance and Personalization (Click on main text)
4. Folder Options - Select "show hidden files"
5. Select Radio button "show hidden files,folders and drives)
6. Uncheck " Hide extensions for know file types"
7. Uncheck " Hide protect system operating files"
Click OK

Please update the footnote.

The instructions say:
Dot: Show hidden files, folders...
Untick: Hide empty drives... Hide extensions... Hide protected operating...

Are you worried about the missing "click ok" or the extra empty drives thing, or the path to the folder options? (There are many paths to folder options.)

Greg S · 24 Jul 2010

roncerr said:

(There are many paths to folder options.)

Exactly!
Start > Run > control folders

poppa bear · 25 Jul 2010

mtobias said:

In Windows 7 this is the correct way to show hidden files..... etc

Please update the footnote.
Thanks
Mike

Roncerr and GregS have really said it all... thanks guys, the tutorial lives on! However, since I'm the "3rd Musketeer",

, and for the sake of completeness, this is the full text of Footnote 4, which does actually say click OK:

Go to: Start Orb ==> Computer ==> C: Drive ==> Program Files ==> Open: Windows Mail ==> Top Task Bar ==> Tools ==> Drop down menu ==> Folder Options ==> View Tab
Dot: Show hidden files, folders...
Untick: Hide empty drives... Hide extensions... Hide protected operating...
In response to the warning click: Yes ==> Apply ==> OK.
After all the steps are done, restore default view settings.

1. This footnote is written in the context of Step 3 of the Turorial, in which you are working in the Windows Mail folder. And this is the folder you'll need open in the next step to create the shortcut to the desktop once you've made WinMail.exe visible. So that's why the Control Panel option was not chosen.

2. It is written for people like myself who are not so computer literate, and need to have it spelled out step by step. And that's exactly why a red lettered warning was placed in that step leading to the footnote, which you missed and to which I alerted you a few posts back.

Off topic: Hey Greg, thanks for the heads up on that Run box command to show folder options. I didn't know about that, and it's a great little shortcut.

Cheers PB

Greg S · 25 Jul 2010

poppa bear said:

Off topic: Hey Greg, thanks for the heads up on that Run box command to show folder options. I didn't know about that, and it's a great little shortcut.

Cheers PB

As mentioned by roncerr, that's only another one of many ways to get at the Folder Options.

roncerr · 25 Jul 2010

Greg S said:

roncerr said:

(There are many paths to folder options.)

Exactly!
Start > Run > control folders

Typing "control folders" in the start search box also works. (Thanks for the clue that led me to try that!) Now all we need is a shortcut to hide/unhide protected OS files directly.

poppa bear · 25 Jul 2010

roncerr said:

Typing "control folders" in the start search box also works.

For some reason this command works OK in the Run box on my 64bit Windows 7 installation, but won't run when I open the start orb and type it in the search box and click Enter on the keyboard.

It comes up with: No items match your search. Any ideas?

Kind of Off Topic - but hope it may spare others a lot of heartache: Just had a problem I've never had before. Tried to send test email from my Yahoo account to my Yahoo account using WinLiveMail, and got following error message from mail administrator:

Your message was not delivered because the destination computer refused to accept it (the error message is reproduced below). This type of error is usually due to a mis-configured account or mail delivery system on the destination computer; however, it could be caused by your message since some mail systems refuse messages with invalid header information, or if they are too large.

Your message was rejected by j.mx.mail.yahoo.com for the following reason:

Message not allowed - [320]

I got the same message using OE on WinXP, WinMail on Vista, and WinLiveMail on 64bit Windows 7. However my 2nd PC, which used the same phone line, ISP and accounts, sent it fine using XP Home or 32bit Windows 7. After trying everything possible, I finally re-loaded an Acronis image of Windows 7, but to no avail.

Finally did what I should have done in the first place and Googled it. The date on my PC had advanced a month. Set that right and problemo solved!

I noticed on Google that a lot of people had been experiencing the same problem. I just wondered if the auto time set function from MS had gone haywire?

Cheers PB

Greg S · 25 Jul 2010

roncerr said:

Greg S said:

roncerr said:

(There are many paths to folder options.)

Exactly!
Start > Run > control folders

Typing "control folders" in the start search box also works. (Thanks for the clue that led me to try that!) Now all we need is a shortcut to hide/unhide protected OS files directly.

Have you tried the .vbs file that is suppose to do this? hidden.zip

roncerr · 25 Jul 2010

poppa bear said:

I just wondered if the auto time set function from MS had gone haywire?

I think the auto time set goes haywire for any of several reasons. If your computer clock is very accurate then the default 1 week updates may be adequate. Mine has always been very slow so I try to update every hour (3600 seconds) using the registry to edit the interval. Sometimes the server doesn't respond so I use a different one from NIST that can be entered directly in the server box in the clock interface. Let me know if you'd like more details. You can also do a manual update using the Internet Time tab to see if it's working.

poppa bear · 25 Jul 2010

roncerr said:

poppa bear said:

I just wondered if the auto time set function from MS had gone haywire?

I think the auto time set goes haywire for any of several reasons. If your computer clock is very accurate then the default 1 week updates may be adequate. Mine has always been very slow so I try to update every hour (3600 seconds) using the registry to edit the interval. Sometimes the server doesn't respond so I use a different one from NIST that can be entered directly in the server box in the clock interface. Let me know if you'd like more details. You can also do a manual update using the Internet Time tab to see if it's working.

Yes thank you roncerr, I would appreciate more details on how to set the the registry to edit the time interval. Ditto for how to use the NIST in the server box in the clock interface.

Cheers PB

roncerr · 25 Jul 2010

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\w32time\TimeProviders\NtpClient
Change the decimal value of the "SpecialPollInterval" to 3600 to adjust every hour (3600 seconds). Microsoft may change it back to weekly or daily at times like when you install updates but you can always fix it again.

The Windows Time server box can be edited directly. I use time-a.nist.gov or time-b.nist.gov. Just left-click and backspace to clear the name displayed and type in another name followed by pressing "update". That will test it and add it to the drop down list if it's not there already.

BTW, I have an ISP which seems to prevent the windows time client from reaching any servers so when using that ISP (Covad's T1 service and router) I've added the time client provided by NIST.gov as it seems to get through just fine. Just not as convenient as Windows Time Client. Windows time works fine when using dial-up or when traveling using any wi-fi hotspot or cellular service.