Windows Live Mail can not copy hyperlinks from one e-mail to another.

Windows 10 is bound to be unstable at this stage.  The bigger question is whether MS intends to provide proper support for Windows Live Mail under W10 or just let it die of neglect.  As the original fault in WLM was introduced by MS with the Win 8.1 release, and has still not been fixed after all this time, I am not hopeful.....

this solution no longer works on Windows 10, windows live mail doesn't work properly, closes unexpectedly repeatedly without error message  if I add those registry entries

Chris – Judging from your reply, it seems that my previous post was taken as argumentative, which wasn’t my intention. By saying that we all should “get real”, I meant that it seemed obvious to me that this matter is of little importance to Microsoft and that they are stalling and will not be providing a solution until the next iteration/version of the software. I think we need to accept that, use the fix that was provided on this thread (it worked for me on both my Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 machines), and move on. I agree that many of us have lost many hours to this problem, but it’s a miniscule matter for Microsoft – I suspect they view this as a ‘give-away’, non-essential program that is used by a small percentage of mail program users – most of the people I know use a different mail program.

By the way, my recollection is that this problem with Windows Live Mail didn’t occur until I upgraded to Internet Explorer 11, but perhaps I’ve gotten to the age in which my memory has become faulty!?

Yes, we have the right to expect that things will work properly but, more often than not, they don’t. We can be upset and angry about it and complain bitterly – sometimes that works and sometimes not. It appears to me that it is not working in this situation (hard to believe that the many highly-skilled software engineers at Microsoft have not solved this seemingly simple problem in more than nine months!!) – so, I think we should move on.

Regarding your analogy of the car purchase, yes we would demand our money back if the car didn’t work – but this is more akin to one of the car accessories not functioning properly – a non-essential accessory that the dealer gave to us for free. Would we return the car and get our money back if a free accessory didn’t function as fully as expected – maybe some of us would and never buy that brand again. Windows Live Mail is part of the Windows Essentials packet of programs that any Windows user can download for free. Though it is a ‘give-away’ I still believe that Microsoft should support it and provide timely fixes for bugs or repair any damage, just as the car service provider should fix what they have broken. In no way am I excusing Microsoft from responsibility. But, after a certain amount of time and energy expended on what to me is a relatively minor though extremely annoying problem (I refer here to any similar situation), I look to find a solution elsewhere or work around it. Others may have a different take.

With all that said, my real-life experiences have lowered my expectations for this as well as for most products that I purchase and I am pleasantly surprised when something functions flawlessly. I don’t like this sad state of affairs, but it has caused me to ‘get real’. I very much dislike saying it, but current reality dictates that expecting integrity often leads to disappointment.

Get real CharlieG100.  This functionality worked in Win 8.0 and was broken with the 8.1 release.  Helen_C, MS moderator, said they were working on it 9 months ago.  If we bought a car that didn't work we'd demand our money back.  If the garage broke something while it was in for service, we'd expect them to fix it.  This broken functionality has cost users thousands of hours of wasted time.  Microsoft are devoid of integrity.

Given the history of software development, it amazes me that some of us still expect perfection in what we get from any company. Everything has bugs that are sometimes fixed by the purveyors of software and sometimes not. We are lucky to have talented individuals who, for no profit except grateful accolades, help to provide fixes for the bugs with which software companies can't be bothered.

So, I will be diving right in to Windows 10 when it is released, especially since MS will offer it for free within the first year. I will expect bugs, some of which will be corrected by MS and some that will be fixed by others that want to help on forums like this -- and some may go unfixed until the next iteration of the software, but work-arounds may be provided by the not-for-profit 'software saints', who help us for free on forums like this one.

For all those Apple polishers who hate Microsoft -- I also have an iMac, and every release of the latest platform brings problems that are sometimes fixed by Apple and sometimes not (Apple never acknowledges problems until there is a widespread awareness of them) -- as with this forum, Apple software gurus not employed by the company also provide fixes and work-arounds.

LETS ALL GET REAL ABOUT THE SOFTWARE BUSINESS, stop constantly whining, and help each other work with the reality of the situation!