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02-11-2008
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| | Re: Can't set Windows Live Email or Outlook as default email program Try this link : news:uZjRW5LbIHA.1204@xxxxxx But make sure that Microsoft communities is set as the default news account. -- 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 --------------- "Dale K" <dalek2@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1EC0BA3FEF024703B27EB7F7E21DECA6@xxxxxx Quote: > nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop/ > <nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop/ > <uZjRW5LbIHA.1204@xxxxxx>> > <uZjRW5LbIHA.1204@xxxxxx> > > > _____ > > NewsGator Inbox attempted to retrieve the web page for this item but > received an error: > > The URI prefix is not recognized. > > _____ > > Hi again Winston. > > I found a post I saved from the microsoft.beta.windows live.mail > newsgroup which was posted just after WLMail 1606 came out. The poster > stated that the dual "Windows Live Mail" entry bug in XP's Internet > Options->Programs tab had been corrected by the new build of WLMail. > > This might interest you also Winston... > > I finally found the registry entry that corrects the Hotmail as "Windows > Live Mail" misnomer for the "E-mail link:" list entry in Vista in the > "Customize Start Menu" dialog box (right-click Start Orb > button->Properties->Start Menu [tab]->check "Start menu"->Customize > [button]->General [tab]->Show on Start menu [section]). > > To correct this misnomer in XP (also corrects it in Internet > Options->Programs [tab]), I only had to change the Value data for the > 'Default' Value from "Windows Live Mail" to "Windows Live Hotmail" at > the > registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Hotmail but > apparently build 1606 of Windows Live Mail corrected this registry entry > anyway, in both XP and Vista. > > However, despite the above correction, the "E-mail link:" list entry for > Hotmail remained as "Windows Live Mail" in Vista. > > So in Vista, the Value data for the Value '@C:\Program Files\Internet > Explorer\hmmapi.dll,-202' at the registry key > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local > Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache also needs to changed > from "Windows Live Mail" to "Windows Live Hotmail" > > Editing the above registry entry also allows the true "Windows Live > Mail" > list entry to appear in the "E-mail link:" list. Hopefully, the WLM team > will fix this with the next build of WLMail. > > See the attached Vista screenshot. > > -- > 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 > --------------- > > "...winston" <winstonmvp@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:29496CA7-0D2D-4750-AE6E-E05BA4BBAB39@xxxxxx > Quote: >> Vista is where I first noticed it having used WLM through-out all beta >> on >> that o/s. I didn't install WLM on my XP laptop until WLM Rtm since I >> primarily use that laptop with OL03 and rarely the news client. >> >> I, like you corrected it in Vista thus lost track what >> corrected[it]...possibly a Vista Windows Mail update included an >> unmentioned >> tweak or WLM Rtm. >> >> -- >> ...winston >> ms-mvp windows live mail >> >> >> "Peter.R" <Peter.R@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:eZKCxJkaIHA.536@xxxxxx >> Yes that is correct, thanks Winston. >> >> I didn't think it worth mentioning because I believe WLMail 1606 did >> correct >> the Hotmail misnomer in XP. I can't confirm this because I had already >> manually corrected it whilst using build 1365. I think it was already >> correct in Vista though. >> >> I suspect the OP was still using WLM 1365, so updating to 1606 would >> have >> corrected his problem. >> >> -- >> 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 Quote: >> in >> your philosophy." - Shakespeare >> --------------- >> >> "...winston" <winstonmvp@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:uWrJ8YjaIHA.1164@xxxxxx >> Quote: >>> Peter... >>> Iirc that Mail key is the same location that some units have the Quote: Quote: >>> identity' of Hotmail being labeled as Windows Live Mail which caused Quote: Quote: >>> the >>> surprise of many the wrong default program. >>> >>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Hotmail >>> The default value for Hotmail in an earlier era was Windows Live Quote: Quote: >>> It >>> should now read Windows Live Hotmail, if not edited to say so. >>> >>> >>> What I can't remember or lost track of is whether or not some update >>> or >>> WLM >>> installation included fixing that value. >>> >>> -- >>> ...winston >>> ms-mvp windows live mail >>> >>> >>> "Peter.R" <Peter.R@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news:ue5v9IZaIHA.1184@xxxxxx Quote: >>> I just discovered that the "Windows Live Mail" option at "Set Program >>> Access >>> and Defaults" is found at the registry key: >>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Windows Live Mail >>> within the Value data for the Value called "(Default)". The Data for >>> that >>> Value should read "Windows Live Mail". If it is blank, then >>> double-click >>> on >>> that Value and enter "Windows Live Mail" in the Value data field. >>> -- >>> 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 Quote: Quote: >>> in >>> your philosophy." - Shakespeare >>> --------------- >>> >>> "Peter.R" <Peter.R@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news:uK7#TzpYIHA.4180@xxxxxx >>> >>>> Hi Paul, if you have the mail client Windows Live Mail installed, >>>> it >>>> should definitely be listed as an option under "Custom", as well as >>>> mentioned under "Microsoft Windows" and "Non-Microsoft" in "Set >>>> Program >>>> Access and Defaults". An uninstall/reinstall may correct it. But Quote: Quote: >>>> sure >>>> you have the latest version of Windows Live Mail installed >>>> (12.0.1606). >>>> -- >>>> 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 >>>> --------------- >>>> "Paul Moloney" <pmoloney@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>>> > . Quote: Quote: >>>> >>>>> I'm running Windows XP SP2 with the following email programs: >>>>> >>>>> * Windows Live Mail >>>>> * Outlook 2003 >>>>> * Outlook Express (not used) >>>>> >>>>> When I access "Set Program Access and Defaults", and choose Custom, >>>>> the only e-mail client which is displayed underneath "Choose a >>>>> default >>>>> e-mail program" is Outlook Express. Does anyone know why this is, Quote: Quote: >>>>> how I can restore them to the list? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> P. > > > _____ > > ***RESOURCE NOT FOUND*** > > > <http://services.newsgator.com/subscr...url=nntp%3a%2f > %2fmsnews.microsoft.com%2fmicrosoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop%2f% > 3cuZjRW5LbIHA.1204%40TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl%3e%0d> Related... |
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02-11-2008
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| | Re: Can't set Windows Live Email or Outlook as default email program "Peter.R" <Peter.R@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uUD3QNNbIHA.484@xxxxxx Quote: > Try this link : news:uZjRW5LbIHA.1204@xxxxxx > > But make sure that Microsoft communities is set as the default news account. Actually what he was trying was almost correct, at least for OE: nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop/uZjRW5LbIHA.1204@xxxxxx Note, however, that this is incorrect according to the RFC [Ref#1] E.g. any other newsreader which supports the NNTP URL might be expecting to see it coded this way: nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop/151702 after taking note of that Message-ID's Xref: header when downloaded from that server: Xref: TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl microsoft.public.outlook:608994 microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop:151702 So, which form does WLMail like anyway... Let's Run... "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /newsurl:nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop/151702 Not that one. BTW here's why and it also explains why including a Message-ID's angle brackets won't work: <netcap> ARTICLE <151702> 430 no such article found </netcap> Next try "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /newsurl:nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop/uZjRW5LbIHA.1204@xxxxxx Yes. OE's mistake repeated. Here's what that generates: <netcap> ARTICLE <uZjRW5LbIHA.1204@xxxxxx> 220 0 article <uZjRW5LbIHA.1204@xxxxxx> </netcap> Ref#1: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1738.html (Live Search for NNTP gopher URI intitle:RFC ) <quote> 3.7. NNTP The nntp URL scheme is an alternative method of referencing news articles, useful for specifying news articles from NNTP servers (RFC 977). A nntp URL take the form: nntp://<host>:<port>/<newsgroup-name>/<article-number> where <host> and <port> are as described in Section 3.1. If :<port> is omitted, the port defaults to 119. The <newsgroup-name> is the name of the group, while the <article- number> is the numeric id of the article within that newsgroup. Note that while nntp: URLs specify a unique location for the article resource, most NNTP servers currently on the Internet today are configured only to allow access from local clients, and thus nntp URLs do not designate globally accessible resources. Thus, the news: form of URL is preferred as a way of identifying news articles. </quote> Looking at how those angle brackets are being added by WLMail now I'm beginning to wonder if the programmer just didn't realize that the ones given above are merely metacharacters to denote the placeholders? E.g. if they weren't added it looks as if WLMail (and probably OE too) would support the correct (message number) syntax as well as providing the (nonstandard) feature of accessing posts by Message-Id (via the NNTP URL), as the poster was trying to do. FYI Robert --- Quote: > > -- > 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 > --------------- > > "Dale K" <dalek2@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1EC0BA3FEF024703B27EB7F7E21DECA6@xxxxxx > Quote: >> nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop/ >> <nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop/ >> <uZjRW5LbIHA.1204@xxxxxx>> >> <uZjRW5LbIHA.1204@xxxxxx> >> >> >> _____ >> >> NewsGator Inbox attempted to retrieve the web page for this item but >> received an error: >> >> The URI prefix is not recognized. |
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