Windows Mail is very hard to disable without choosing another program
instead as your default mail program. I think Windows Live Mail is
one of the programs that can connect to MSN, in addition to taking
over any other accounts Windows Mail can handle:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
Also, Windows Mail is a part of Vista and very hard to uninstall without
doing the same to the rest of Vista. The closest you can come without
problems is to remove all the accounts under Windows Mail to keep it
from doing much if you start it, then deleting all shortcuts that lead to it
to make it hard to start.
"Patton Puppy" <PattonPuppy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:877B7B1C-BA30-445B-99C3-1F9A70986F64@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Because ever time I go to write an email - the Window Mail comes up - I
> compose an email - I enter my email address and then Window Mail give me a
> message stating that Windows mail does not support my internet provider's
> (MSN) protocols so it cannot send an email - I called MSN but they have
> been
> unable to help. Since I cannot use my email address with Windows Mail -
> it's
> useless. All I want to do is to disable this program. Can anyone help.
> Thanks - Patton Puppy
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
> Quote:
>> I don't understand your statement "I cannot send email as Windows Mail
>> does not support MSN." I thought you only used MSN Mail. Why don't you
>> simply not use Windows Mail, and only use MSN Mail?
>>
>> If you want to use your MSN email address with a desktop email program,
>> use Windows Live Mail:
>> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
>>
>>
>> "Patton Puppy" <Patton Puppy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:20EC00BE-9621-48C4-9CEC-284F5BCCBD87@xxxxxx Quote:
>> >I have been trying for three days to disable Windows Mail - I use MSN as
>> >my
>> > dial-up & they say that Windows Mail cannot be turned off - I have
>> > tried
>> > "Default setting" to change - I have no "mailto" listed in the
>> > protocols to
>> > change, and I even reset the properties on the Start Button to use
>> > MSN -
>> > Nothing - I cannot send email as Windows Mail does not support MSN -
>> > Any help?
>>
>>
>>