NEW PROB!? Need the Actual address of Windows Live Mail

A

Austin

On Vista, my Windows live mail works fine.. I was able to add my road runner
account and both mine and spouse's hotmails so they all three come up
together already signed in, ready to read, send, etc. in all 3 accounts,
BUT..I want to set up my 'keyboard mail button' to bring up Windows Live
Mail, but I can't seem to find the actual address to input into my keyboard
buttons control panel. My road runner acount was always my email in Outlook
Express and it brought it up signed in everytime as does Windows mail, but
all the www address I tried don't work except to take me to the sign in page,
the Icon/Link in my Start menu doesn't have an actual address or properties
that give me any info to input to the mail button, I tried to use different
links to the program from the hard drive (c:\\..etc) as an address to input
to my mail button but nothing gives me an actual "Link" address to set up my
keyboard email button so I can just hit the button and Windows Live Mail just
comes up without me going to my Start menu everytime, or having to sign in
everytime. Does anyone know the link address to input into the keyboard email
button? It must be on my hard drive somewhere! Does this all makes sense?
Hope so. I know it's kinda "minor prob" but Someone Please Help? Thank You in
advance!!
 
F

Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM

Austin said:
On Vista, my Windows live mail works fine.. I was able to add my road
runner
account and both mine and spouse's hotmails so they all three come up
together already signed in, ready to read, send, etc. in all 3 accounts,
BUT..I want to set up my 'keyboard mail button' to bring up Windows Live
Mail, but I can't seem to find the actual address to input into my
keyboard
buttons control panel. My road runner acount was always my email in
Outlook
Express and it brought it up signed in everytime as does Windows mail, but
all the www address I tried don't work except to take me to the sign in
page,
the Icon/Link in my Start menu doesn't have an actual address or
properties
that give me any info to input to the mail button, I tried to use
different
links to the program from the hard drive (c:\\..etc) as an address to
input
to my mail button but nothing gives me an actual "Link" address to set up
my
keyboard email button so I can just hit the button and Windows Live Mail
just
comes up without me going to my Start menu everytime, or having to sign in
everytime. Does anyone know the link address to input into the keyboard
email
button? It must be on my hard drive somewhere! Does this all makes sense?
Hope so. I know it's kinda "minor prob" but Someone Please Help? Thank You
in
advance!!

I'm pretty sure that picks whichever mail client id defined as the default.
 
G

Gary VanderMolen

Windows Live Mail is a desktop email program, so it doesn't have
an Internet link. Have you tried entering the complete path:
"C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe"
 
A

Austin

YES GARY!! A BIG THUMBS UP!! Actually, after searching what seemed forever
and finally posting, I kept looking and looking and after about 2 hrs. did
finally find it, but YOU'RE RIGHT! That is the address I was looking for!! I
couldn't get the addy from my start menu because "properties" wasn't
available, but found if I put a link on my desktop or taskbar, I coud finally
get the addy from it's properties!
THANKS Gary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're the PRO!
 

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