Inconveniences Outlook Express -> Windows Mail

[Jens Müller]

Hi,

having switched to vista I use Windows Mail now instead of Outlook Express.
I noticed some inconveniences, perhaps there is a way to change them:
-In OE, I had my contact list displayed on th left below the folder list. I
don't find how to do this with WindowsMail in the View, Layout menu.
-With newsgroups, the difference of the icons used to show unread/downloaded
or not yet downloaded messages is marginal, you really have to look well
until you can see it. In OE, the color was different which made it much
easier to notice.
-Contacts are not saved into a .wab file but as own files (which doesn't
make sense in my opinion). So no Addressbook and more. The real problem is,
that whenever I roght-click on a contact, windows explorer crashes
(APPCRASH, Explorer.EXE, 6.0.6001.18000, 47918e5d, MFC42.DLL, 6.6.8063.0,
4791a6f4, c0000005, 00028ce8, 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.6, 1031, fd00,
ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160, fd00, ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160).
-Downloading mails, searching for text into messages, etc take much more
time than in OE. Seems that the progress for Send/Receive is deliberately
delayed.

Is there any possibility to resolve some of these issued?

Thanks,
Jens

 

[Steve Cochran]

Contacts have changed and WinMail no longer uses the wab. See
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms735779.aspx They also removed
the contact pane from the OE window, so that it is no longer available.

steve

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Regarding the crash that occurs when you right-click on a contact,
did you install an older version of Outlook (2000, 2002)? If so,
Outlook's .wab causes a conflict with Windows Contacts. Delete
wab32.dll and wab32res.dll from the \Windows\System32 directory.

 

[Jens Müller]

Hi,

Regarding the crash that occurs when you right-click on a contact,
did you install an older version of Outlook (2000, 2002)? If so,
Outlook's .wab causes a conflict with Windows Contacts. Delete
wab32.dll and wab32res.dll from the \Windows\System32 directory.

Yes indeed I installed Outlook 2002.
I need it to synchronize my calendar with a Smartphone. If I delere the two
dlls you mentionned, will Outlook still work?

Regards,
Jens

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

I'm not sure whether Outlook will continue to work. I understand
that more copies of those DLLs exist elsewhere on the computer.
Instead of deleting the ones in the System32 folder you can just
rename them for a temporary test.

 

[Jens Müller]

Both files are in
C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-wab-core_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_52ecab794cde131c
C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-wab-core_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_55236d7549c923f0
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System

With Windows running, I don't get them renamed (access denied) even if
confirming the UAC dialog.

This behaviour clearly is a bug, is there no fix?

Jens

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

It's not really a bug since Microsoft never promised that Outlook 2002
would be Vista-compatible. I can't tell you exactly how to go about
renaming or deleting the unwanted DLLs. You may get more experts
to respond to that issue in the Outlook or Vista newsgroups:
microsoft.public.outlook.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

Another solution would be to buy a cheap copy of Outlook/Office 2003 on eBay.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)

Both files are in
C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-wab-core_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_52ecab794cde131c
C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-wab-core_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_55236d7549c923f0
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System

With Windows running, I don't get them renamed (access denied) even if confirming the UAC dialog.

This behaviour clearly is a bug, is there no fix?

Jens