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VistaWeary

Gary:

I responded to Steve's suggestions.... I downloaded Thunderbird2. Windows
Mail is obsolete????? HOW do we learn about these things??? I get no
notifications, although I signed up with Microsoft for something...it's been
awhile, so I have no idea what it was - some sort of newsletter, but I've
never received anything. I don't come to the forums very often, in fact,
very rarely. I'll take a look at it. Thanks.
 
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Gary VanderMolen

This is difficult for the average user to do, but I subscribe to a
separate user forum or newsgroup for every program I use. It is the
only way to learn all the shortcuts and workarounds, and to stay
informed on what improvements are coming down he pike.

By all means, give Windows Live Mail a try. It will automatically
import all your Windows Mail accounts, settings, and emails.
 
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Guest

Windows Mail is a part of Vista and very hard to uninstall without doing the
same to the rest of Vista. You can however, remove all the accounts under
it to keep from doing much if you start it, and delete all the shortcuts for
it
to make it hard to start. You may want to disconnect from the internet
while deleting the accounts, to make sure Windows Mail doesn't download
any new messages and then delete them from the server.
 
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tempting2taanzaa

Is it possible to copy the messages you want to keep from your inbox, save
them in a new folder, then delete the inbox folder?
 
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Gary VanderMolen

You can do the first two actions, but you can't delete a system folder
like Inbox, at least not from within Windows Mail.
You can delete Inbox from outside Windows Mail, but it is not
likely to change anything. The folder will be regenerated when
Windows Mail is restarted, complete with the bad message pointers.
 
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tempting2taanzaa

Well, I did that to a sub-folder that had a message stuck that would not
delete then recreated the folder. Of course the subfolder was not a system
folder (as you stated) and was deleteable. I have not encountered the
problem since that incident.
 
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tempting2taanzaa

Oh, I'm not having a problem with windows mail. This was in response to the
following post:

What Gary said:

Why would you want to delete the Inbox folder?
Click to expand...
 
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Guest

Download and install this hotfix, with Windows Mail not running:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/941090

Although it's labelled as for mail stuck in the Outbox, it also works in
other folders. If you don't know whether you have a 32-bit version
of Windows or a 64-bit version, try the 32-bit version of the hotfix
first. Certain common antivirus programs, such as most of those from
Norton or McAfee, tend to cause stuck messages and other problems
in Windows Mail, although seldom immediately, so if you have such
a program, remember where to find this hotfix and hope it will install
again if you need it again. A recent version of the Trend antivirus
program also causes assorted problems in Windows Mail.
 
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Jennifer

See robert miles post from 11/20/2007 there is a download to fix this
problem. It worked for me cleared all stuck messages from inbox and outbox.
 
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Roey

Excellent, I've had an email stuck in my Inbox for some time, the Windows
Hotfix was quick and worked perfectly!
 
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YJ 88

can you help me rid my e-mail of this same problem, I have 1 e-mail that does
not respound to any thing
 
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YJ 88

I have same problem ,it's scarry that you had this problem so long ago and it
is still occuring. Can you help me get rid of 1 un-deletable e-mail?
 
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Guest

Download and install this hotfix, with Windows Mail not running:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/941090

Although it's labelled as for messages stuck in the Outbox, it also works in
other folders. If you don't know whether you have a 32-bit version of
Vista or a 64-bit version, try the hotfix for the 32-bit version first.
Certain
common antivirus programs, such as most of those from Norton or McAfee,
tend to cause stuck messages and other problems in Windows Mail, although
seldom immediately, so if you have such a program, remember where to find
the hotfix and hope it will install again if you need it again. A recent
version
of the Trend antivirus program also causes assorted problems in Windows
Mail.
 

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