Windows 7 - Reinstalling Windows Mail
Asked By Cheryl G
10-Nov-07 03:03 PM
Is it possible to reinstall Windows Mail? Mine is messed up...will not open
when I click on Read Mail and will not send mail from outside the Windows Mail
area. Thanks for your help.
Cheryl
Office XP
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Shawn
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replied...
It won't uninstall and reinstall unless you are doing the same thing to
all of Vista.
What if any error messages do you get? Showing the entire
messages will get answers faster.
What if any antivirus programs do you have? Some of the
common ones cause various problems in Windows Mail,
although seldom immediately.
Gary VanderMolen replied...
Before you even think about reinstalling, think about what caused
it to get that way. Unless you remove the root cause, the same thing
will happen again. Which antivirus are you using?
You can't just reinstall WM since it is an integral part of Vista.
The easiest fix is to simply upgrade to Windows Live Mail:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
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Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
brink replied...
Cheryl G;509789 Wrote:
Hi Cheryl,
In addition to doing what Gary suggested, you can reset Windows Mail.
This tutorial will show you how. Just scroll down to that section.
Before you even think about reinstalling, think about what caused
it to get that way. Unless you remove the root cause, the same thing
will happen again. Which antivirus are you using?
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/62560-windows-mail-problems.html
Shawn
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Cheryl replied...
What screwed it up was me installing Office 2003 Professional which included
Outlook. When I press Read Mail nothing happens at all. When I tried to
send an email from a website the error message said that the email couldn't
be sent because my email program wasn't configured properly.
I uninstalled Outlook but it didn't make a difference. I'm running Norton's
Antivirus but had no problems at all until I installed Officd 2003.
Gary VanderMolen replied...
When Office is installed it makes Outlook the default email program.
Even uninstalling Outlook (or Office) does not restore the former default
email settings. In order to restore the default email settings for Windows
Mail, you will have to follow the directions given here:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/83185-windows-mail-default-associations.html
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Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM replied...
Start | Default Programs
Make sure Windows Mail has all three of its defaults.
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Michae replied...
This is a really complicated and silly simple problem!!
I installed Office XP today, and much to my regret I did not deselect Outlook.
Now I have no email, and it is not found in the default programs list.
I merged a file "windowsmailregistry.reg" as well as "mailclients.reg".
Still windows mail is not in the default programs list.
Broken user friendly constraints = Cruel.
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM replied...
Click Star and type
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Gary VanderMolen replied...
Apparently the install of Outlook corrupted the mail defaults.
The following procedure will rewrite the default protocol
assignments in the registry:
Open the Default Programs applet, then click on "Set program
access and computer defaults." Expand the Custom selection, and
select some other email program besides Windows Mail. Click OK.
Then go back and select Windows Mail. Click OK.
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
Brink replied...
Hello Michael,
This tutorial will show you how to add Windows Mail back to the Default
Programs list so you can make the default email program again. See the
NOTE under step 4.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/83185-windows-mail-default-associations.html
Hope this helps,
Shawn
Michael;853319 Wrote:
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