Install Windows live mail on Windows 8.

Anonymous
2013-03-13T19:01:11+00:00

Original title: windows mail on W8 to windows live mail?

I hate the mail program on my new laptop, Windows 8.  How can I change the email program to Windows Live Mail as I use with Windows 7?

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Anonymous
2013-03-24T01:03:37+00:00

Hi B Looney,

Thank you for your reply.

  1. Are you referring to mail app in Windows 8?
  2. Are you trying to use Windows Live mail instead of mail app?

Windows Live Mail.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/essentials-other-programs

Hope this helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-30T02:26:31+00:00

    I have Windows Essential installed and I can receive emails but I cannot send,  How can this be corrected.  I am using a POP.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-25T18:28:55+00:00

    Windows (Live) Essentials is a suite of programs.  Windows Live Mail is one of the programs in the suite.

    If you want Windows Live Mail on your laptop, then you have to download and install it.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/essentials-other-programs?T1=t2

    Like the other poster, I HATE Windows 8.1 and want to use Windows Live Mail, not what MS wants. Your link goes to Essentials.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-08T00:20:08+00:00

    I have just read all three pages of questions and replies and have not seen my exact situation.  I have 8.1, when I tried to download Windows Live Mail the prompt said that essentials is already on my machine and asked if I wanted an older program.  So, I looked through all the programs that came with the computer and could not find Windows Live Mail.  Now, do I let it download Windows Live Mail ( AKA Windows Essentials) and then sort out the mess after the fact?  Thanks for your input.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-02-20T06:34:06+00:00

    I went to windows essentials site down loaded and the clicked run,check off what you want,but I am having problems getting into it,It did come up but when I clicked out of it I don't know how to get back into it

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