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Old 02-11-2007   #4 (permalink)
Steve Cochran


 
 

Re: Using Stationery In Windows Mail

Try copying the files you are using for stationery to the stationery
directory under the message store directory and not the common files
location. Windows Mail no longer looks in that location. It is looking in
the new location.

steve

"Mikki7" <Mikki7@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1CBEB569-5B8D-4C98-8ED3-4FBEADB1FD06@microsoft.com...
> When I make stationery and put the script and graphics in the stationery
> folder, how do I get Windows Mail to recognize them? When I select "create
> mail", select stationery, only the stationery that were installed with
> Windows Vista show up. I can only use the ones I created by selecting
> "create mail", "select stationery", and by typing the file path,
> C:\Program
> Files\Common Files, Microsoft Shared\Stationery\name of stationery.
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> At the last minute in the beta they changed the location to the current
>> message store location.
>>
>> So its under %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows
>> Mail\Stationery
>>
>> I guess they did that to keep everything in one place.
>>
>> Although the location specified where it use to be specified is here:
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Stationery
>>
>> and it says:
>>
>> %CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\Stationery
>>
>> And that also has stationery examples in it, but I think WinMail is using
>> the location in the message store.
>>
>> You might try composing a message with builtin stationery and then look
>> and
>> see what the Base href is that WinMail inserts. For me, its pointing to
>> the
>> message store location I referenced in the second line above.
>>
>> Good way to find out where the message store is. <G>
>>
>> steve
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mikki7" <Mikki7@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6D783C19-492D-4526-B772-209921702112@microsoft.com...
>> >I make my own stationery and used it in Outlook Express. I now use
>> >Windows
>> > Mail. Apparently Windows Mail changes the default stationery location
>> > for
>> > apparently no reason. It's been in the same location since Windows 95.
>> > I
>> > have
>> > to re do all my stationery scripts and add the default stationery
>> > location
>> > to
>> > them, however, I don't know what it is. Cloudeight Stationery is
>> > changing
>> > all theirs over, but they don't tell how to do it. Any help would be
>> > greatly
>> > appreciated.

>>


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