Windows 7 RC

[Salmanzk]

I want to know if I install Windows 7 RC then do Windows Mail works fine on
that operating system? Also do I have to download and install Windows mail
manually or it is included?

 

[Fuzzy John®]

Windows 7 does not, and will not, include an email client. You can use
anything out there that is compatible with Windows 7. One alternative is
Windows Live Mail, or WLM (not to be confused with WLM - Windows Live
Messenger). Windows Live Essentials is offered thru Windows Updates for XP.
I do not recall seeing it offered for Windows 7. Maybe that is because I
already have it. If it is not offered you will have to do a manual download.

You download a "stub" which, when run, will ask you what Windows Live
components you want to install. You may not need all. Once you make the
selection, the components will be downloaded and installed.

 

[Rainald Taesler]

I want to know if I install Windows 7 RC then do Windows Mail works
fine on that operating system? Also do I have to download and install
Windows mail manually or it is included?

Unfortunately WinMail is no longer available in Win7.
MS has stopped the development in favour if their "Love" strategies and
"Windows Live Mail" (WLM) is meant to be the successor of WinMail.
As quite some others I do not like WLM at all and I would rather change
to some other mail- and news-client (probably Thunderbird or Forté
Agent) than using WLM.

But there still is hope:
Some users (including MVP Gary VanderMolen) reported that they
successfully applied a hack by using WLM from Vista.
Way to go:
- Rename the "Windows Mail" directory in %ProgramFiles%;
- copy the whole directory "Windows Mail" from Vista.

It works at present.
But nobody knows if the developers might change things in the future.

Rainald
P.S. Pls try it out an report back

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Windows 7 doesn't have Windows mail, this is one option that has permanently
been removed from Windows 7 along with Movie maker. Microsoft are attempting
to get users to go over to Windows Live Mail which does exactly the same as
Windows Mail. You can download it from here:
http://download.live.com/wlmail. The package also contains messenger,
writer, photo gallery, movie maker, family safety and toolbar so if, like
many, you don't need all these features make sure you disable them during
installation. If you only want Windows Live Mail then just make sure that
only that option is ticked.

If you are also planning on installing Windows 7 RC the link below is for
the Windows 7 forum so you can easily get help:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro/
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[Dave]

Windows Mail has been included in all betas of Windows 7 so far, but it is
hidden.
You can change the file permissions and ownership in order to get it to
work.
I find it easier to just copy the folder over from my Vista partition, as it
gets overwritten when updating to a newer OS version.
Whether it will be included in the RTM is questionable, as Windows Live Mail
is it's replacement.

 

[Earle Horton]

Thanks for the tip. I will try making WM visible on my RC system.

I find Windows 7 RC sluggish compared with XP on the same computer, albeit
better than Vista.

Earle

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

My experience has been that the "Windows Mail" stub in Win7 RC
does not run properly. I had to rename that folder, then copy the WM
folder from a working Vista installation. Whether the final Win7 will
support that workaround is anyone's guess at this point.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Kinda/sorta, but since Win7 hasn't been released yet, "Those who say cannot
know and those who know cannot say."