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
    2014-10-21T02:30:29+00:00

    I would like to add to what Ganesh Achar B has said here....

    For anyone wanting the Windows Live Mail product vs. the simple mail that comes out of the box then it is pretty simple once you know what to do.

    Allow me to walk you through the steps.

    1. go to the link that is provided above.

    Windows Live Mail.

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

    install the Windows Essentials 2012 package.  All the products are great so install them and use them as needed.

    After the install is completed you will have some prompt windows.  I closed the ones that did not apply to my current needs.  The computer took me back to the desktop

    1. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/essentials-other-programsgo to the start windows icon, click it and get to apps.  At this point you will still see the original mail app on the screen.  Ignore that and go to APPS (more apps or the arrow down or search apps)...

    There you will see a list of apps and the new one will be there for WINDOWS LIVE MAIL.  It will say new on it.  click on it and setup your email accounts.

    1. go to your start button,  look at the apps... right click on the mail to remove that one that came with the windows8 and right click on the windows live mail (in the more apps section) and pin it to your taskbar and pin to start.

    now you are ready and can find the new email softare

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-10-05T21:10:09+00:00

    All I had to do to find it was click on "Search" and type in "Windows Live Mail". Then right click on the Windows Live Mail icon that it brought up and "pin to start" and "pin to task bar".

    And it is the exact same Windows Live Mail that was on my Windows 7 computer. hmmm? No improvements, just the same program.

    Using "Search" in Windows 8.x is one of the ways to find what you need; to navigate the environment. You can access search by right clicking the windows icon in the lower left corner of the Desktop, or clicking on the Search icon in the upper right hand corner of the Start Screen or of course you can swipe in from the right hand side and bring out the Search charm and click on that.

    The Search mechanism allows one to go directly to a setting without having to navigate linearly till you reach the setting or function you wish to access.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-10-05T19:23:15+00:00

    I agree wholeheartedly, setting up Windows Live Mail on this Windows 8 laptop is a real pain. On my old Windows XP desktop it was a piece of cake. Worked perfect, new where it was all the time. Why is it, it can't be the same on this new high tech "much improved" Windows 8 Laptop.

    From the Windows Live Essentials download page I opted to download just the Windows Live Mail. Not the Writer or the rest of it. BUT where is it??? Did it actually download or what? So, I go back to the Windows Live Essentials download page and attempt the download again and it tells me I have already installed Windows Live Mail. Really? Then where was it hid and why? This "really wonderful" Windows 8 laptop has no "Start" button so we can't access the Programs ect. and be able to locate anything. Yup, that was real great improvement. Not!

    When there is an improvement made, why can't an actual improvement come with it? ...........

    '''''''''' Well, I finally located where it was (even without a Start button) and man does the new format really suck from the format and ease of use on my XP desktop.

    New and improved? New, yes. Improved? Not in the slightest.

    "When something works, why fix it?

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-09-28T02:47:00+00:00

    So let me see. Here on a medium which has no visual ability to see the physical conditions of a correspondent, you want to belittle anybody who didn't know your condition? Maybe if you are going to be so acrimonious when people don't know this, you should preface your comments with an explanation of your condition...and then people won't make the same judgment calls you are chiding them for. On the other hand if you did preface with an explanation then you would be in the right to be indignant. As it is, since you laid out your explanation with acrimony and poison, you aren't going merit an apology.       

    Well I read through your explanation and don't know if you are telling the truth or just wrapping your self with the saddest tale possible...a hoax or real...

    If this is a true story you should lay it out so people can know how to take your typing and wording. This is the internet and nothing is as it seems and if your story is true you need to consider that.

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