Turn Off Windows Mail

[Patton Puppy]

I have been trying for three days to disable Windows Mail - I use MSN as my
dial-up & they say that Windows Mail cannot be turned off - I have tried
"Default setting" to change - I have no "mailto" listed in the protocols to
change, and I even reset the properties on the Start Button to use MSN -
Nothing - I cannot send email as Windows Mail does not support MSN - Any help?

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

I don't understand your statement "I cannot send email as Windows Mail
does not support MSN." I thought you only used MSN Mail. Why don't you
simply not use Windows Mail, and only use MSN Mail?

If you want to use your MSN email address with a desktop email program,
use Windows Live Mail:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

 

[Patton Puppy]

hi - I tried this & it did not work -the computer did not allow me to check
the deny boxes - I clicked & clicked but no check mark appeared - I'm still
stumped.

 

[Patton Puppy]

Because ever time I go to write an email - the Window Mail comes up - I
compose an email - I enter my email address and then Window Mail give me a
message stating that Windows mail does not support my internet provider's
(MSN) protocols so it cannot send an email - I called MSN but they have been
unable to help. Since I cannot use my email address with Windows Mail - it's
useless. All I want to do is to disable this program. Can anyone help.
Thanks - Patton Puppy

 

[Guest]

Windows Mail is very hard to disable without choosing another program
instead as your default mail program. I think Windows Live Mail is
one of the programs that can connect to MSN, in addition to taking
over any other accounts Windows Mail can handle:

http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

Also, Windows Mail is a part of Vista and very hard to uninstall without
doing the same to the rest of Vista. The closest you can come without
problems is to remove all the accounts under Windows Mail to keep it
from doing much if you start it, then deleting all shortcuts that lead to it
to make it hard to start.

 

[Patton Puppy]

Well, I was able to click Deny for the security section - but when I tried to
write an email - Windows Mail came up so this does not work - Should I try to
contact Microsoft Tech Support & pay for a fix or is there no fix for this
problem.
Patton Puppy

 

[Patton Puppy]

Thank you for your time but I do not want another email account - I do lab
rescue work & cannot change my email account - I want to be able to use my
internet provider - I have never used Outlook or this new Windows Mail - I do
not understand why I cannot use my computer the way I want to with the
programs that I want to use.
Patton Puppy

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

What program are you in when you are writing the email?
If we knew exactly what you were doing to cause Windows Mail to
pop up, we might be able to devise a workaround.

I would fire an Internet service provider who says they can't help me,
especially when MSN and Windows Mail are from the same company!

If you do not want to lose your @msn.com email address, one alternative
is to set it up in Windows Live Mail.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

1. If you use Windows Live Mail it does not force you to use a
different email account. You can continue to use your existing
@msn.com email address.

2. You haven't really defined HOW you currently write emails
and with what program.