I appreciate your reply, Julian. Unfortunately, I cannot find winmail.exe in
the Windows Mail folder under Program files nor anywhere else I would have
expected it to be (I had previously been able to find it there). Another
Microsoft mystery, I imagine.
I haven't quite grasped the searchindex nuances, but I know to try to
restrict to "likely" candidates.
Again, thanks for the response. If you think of anything else, please let
me know.
Magic
"Julian" wrote:
>
>
> "magic" <magic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6F4521EA-EB35-4795-8FB9-B3879D803FD4@microsoft.com...
> >I used Windows Mail on my new computer for 3 days and then decided I
> > preferred Thunderbird for my e-mail. I set up Thunderbird to be the
> > default
> > e-mail program.
> >
> > Later I had a problem with Thunderbird and decided to change back to
> > Windows
> > Mail. However, when I attempted to locate the winmail.exe file I could
> > not.
> > I have my search preferences set to search system and hidden files as well
> > as
> > other files. I can click on a mailbox, however, and winmail starts. I
> > would
> > prefer to go in the "front" door with a winmail icon on the desktop and
> > not
> > enter by way of a mail box.
> >
> > I could not find a download on the microsoft.com site for windows mail.
> >
> > Can anyone help me locate the file on my computer or a download?
>
> On my PC it's in Program Files > Windows Mail
>
> Program files is by default excluded from the Search index.
>
> I'm not sure that adding too much stuff to Searchindex is wise
> because it is quite a performance over head.
>
> Consider using Locate32 in conjunction with a default setup
> of Searchindex. It is very complimentary and useful for those occasions...
> ie. searching Program Files, that are outside the deafault index.
>
> http://locate32.webhop.org/
>
>