I would ike to leave the program running on the taskbar

and it alert me to the fact i have email but the moment i close its gone and
it doesn't tell me i have email till i re-open. Is there a way to be alerted
to new email as mine doesn't ?Thanks

Yes, click on the Windows Live Mail icon in the System Tray and check the option: 'Hide window when Inbox is minimized'
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Cheers,
Peter
(Windows Vista Home Premium 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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"Topburd" <Topburd@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:92FE9254-ABF9-413B-ABE7-9D2F65DE53FD@xxxxxx

i've done that already and it's still not doing it ? Any help greatly recieved

"Peter.R" wrote:

In Vista, right-click on the Quick Launch Toolbar->Properties->Notification Area [tab]-> un-check 'Hide inactive icons'.
In XP, right-click on the Quick Launch Toolbar->Properties->Notification Area [section]-> un-check 'Hide inactive icons'.
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Cheers,
Peter
(Windows Vista Home Premium 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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"Topburd" <Topburd@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:94B635F6-F14E-4EC1-8C86-D2AB4CDE4E97@xxxxxx

Also, you cannot close WLM you just have to minimize it and it will sit in
the "Notification Area". If you close it using the X, it will do exactly
that and you will not receive any notifications of incoming e-mails.
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"Peter.R" <Peter.R@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7ECD07BE-B2B0-4FEF-8E6B-2924778B1620@xxxxxx
In Vista, right-click on the Quick Launch
Toolbar->Properties->Notification Area [tab]-> un-check 'Hide inactive
icons'.
In XP, right-click on the Quick Launch Toolbar->Properties->Notification
Area [section]-> un-check 'Hide inactive icons'.
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Cheers,
Peter
(Windows Vista Home Premium 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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"Topburd" <Topburd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:94B635F6-F14E-4EC1-8C86-D2AB4CDE4E97@xxxxxx

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:11:00 -0800, Topburd wrote:
Windows Live Mail does not work like IM programs, which break the standard
function of the "X-Close" button; WLM actually closes, as any other normal
application does, when pressing the "X-Close" button. Use the standard
"Minimize" button to minimize WLM to the System Tray; same as you would for
any rational application.

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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum