Thanks Peter I stand corrected and learned something new.
I did notice that "Not 'signed in' has a broad and unique definition.
WLMsgr's email icon calls Hotmail Web UI if WLM\Tools\Options\Connections\Stop Signing In\ is activated and also if a different
LiveID is used for signing on in WLM.
If the same LiveID was used to sign-on in WLM as WLMsgr, then WLMsgr's email icon will still call WLM until a different Live ID is
used or Stop-Signing-In is activated for that Live Id(I.e. Cancelling the Sign-on with the same id in WLM is not sufficient)
The above is for Vista, I suspect it’s the same on XP, but have yet to step through it on XP.
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"Peter.R" <Peter.R@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ez2OpHd2IHA.4492@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Hi Ian.
>
> If you are signed in to Windows Live through Windows Live Mail, the e-mail button in WLMessenger will open WLMail, but if you are
> not 'signed in' through WLMail, then the e-mail button in WLMessenger will open Internet Explorer to your associated Hotmail
> account.
>
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> Cheers,
> Peter.R
> (Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 with Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606)
> "There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Shakespeare
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> "Ian" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:A2C9DB77-91A2-4FAD-94D4-D110E274584F@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I use Windows Live Messenger in conjunction with an e-mail address issued in the msn.com domain.
>>
>> When I receive an e-mail I am alerted through Messenger and I can click the "Open your e-mail inbox" button (in Messenger) to
>> view it. Familiar to all of us I'm sure...
>>
>> I have recently experimented with the Windows Live Mail desktop client and I now find that, when I click the above-mentioned
>> button in Messenger, I am taken to Windows Live Mail to view my message there (rather than the traditional web-based Windows
>> Live Hotmail client).
>>
>> For a number of reasons - I would prefer to NOT use Windows Live Mail to view my e-mail messages (by default) and would like to
>> continue to view them using in web-based Hotmail. (It's lighter-weight, familiar & quick.)
>>
>> My Question: Is it possible to revert back to using web-based Hotmail, without uninstalling Windows Live Mail? I tried editing
>> my Windows Live Mail configuration to remove my msn.com email account, but the program still gets launched when I click the
>> e-mail button in Messenger. (I still want to use Windows Live Mail for its other features - RSS feeds & newsgroups, mainly).
>>
>> I have been through all the Messenger settings; and haven't found one for this. I half expect someone's will tell me I have to
>> edit something directly in the Windows Registry. I'm good with that...
>>
>> Thanks in advance for knowledgeable responses.
>>
>> Ian