Vista - Start menu now displaying new WLM icon

Remember I posted a message regarding the Starts menu not displaying the
new, Wave 3 WLM icon?

http://tinyurl.com/9ojhte

Well, I ran CCleaner, and in the Windows tab, I cleaned everything under IE,
Windows Explorer, System, and under Advanced the first option, Old Prefetch
data. I restarted my machine and the Start menu is now using the new WLM
icon.

I don't know if the Start menu is now using the new WLM icon because of what
I did above, but it could've been a result of it.

Thanks for all the posters that provided assistance,

Sterling

Well, I guess I spoke too soon 'cause when I turned on my machine this
morning, the WLM icon in the Start menu went back to the Wave 2 icon! LOL
(I'm not running CCleaner again just to get the new WLM icon back... well,
not for another 3 to 6 months but only to clean the machine.)

Sterling

"Sterling" <sterling@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Unpin it from the start menu, then Right click on Windows Live Mail and pin
it again.
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©LarryEº

"Sterling" <sterling@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I tried that but it doesn't include the "E-mail" label above "Windows Live
Mail" :-)

This old/new icon in the Start menu has happened to other posters. IIRC, one
poster created a new account (I thought that was a bit drastic) and I don't
remember what the other poster did. I decided to wait for the final release
of Windows Live Essentials to see if the icon changed.

I was actually surprised by the icon change after I ran CCleaner. I ran the
program to "clean" but machine (IE's delete history feature was taking mucho
time) and after a reboot, I noticed the Wave 3 WLM icon.

Thanks ©LarryEº,

Sterling

"©LarryEº" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sterling, I was the one that created a new user profile and copied everything to it to correct that problem. To give you an update, it's still showing the wave 3 icon, so maybe it wasn't so drastic.

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Roy Smith
http:/roysmith1959.spaces.live.com

"Sterling" <sterling@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:46F5ABB8-BCD4-40FD-BE54-ECE52B23DC42@xxxxxx
I tried that but it doesn't include the "E-mail" label above "Windows Live
Mail" :-)

This old/new icon in the Start menu has happened to other posters. IIRC, one
poster created a new account (I thought that was a bit drastic) and I don't
remember what the other poster did. I decided to wait for the final release
of Windows Live Essentials to see if the icon changed.

I was actually surprised by the icon change after I ran CCleaner. I ran the
program to "clean" but machine (IE's delete history feature was taking mucho
time) and after a reboot, I noticed the Wave 3 WLM icon.

Thanks ©LarryEº,

Sterling

"©LarryEº" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Roy,

Cool. But don't tempt me into taking that "drastic" step! I know it's only an icon but what can I say, I want Windows to display it. I can pin WLM and the new icon will display but not "E-mail" above it. I want "E-mail" to also appear also.

Good to know the icon hasn't changed for you

Sterling
"Roy Smith" <nobody@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:4AD9AD24-DA29-471C-8B37-C3E8F91FEE55@xxxxxx
Sterling, I was the one that created a new user profile and copied everything to it to correct that problem. To give you an update, it's still showing the wave 3 icon, so maybe it wasn't so drastic.

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Roy Smith
http:/roysmith1959.spaces.live.com

"Sterling" <sterling@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:46F5ABB8-BCD4-40FD-BE54-ECE52B23DC42@xxxxxx
I tried that but it doesn't include the "E-mail" label above "Windows Live
Mail" :-)

This old/new icon in the Start menu has happened to other posters. IIRC, one
poster created a new account (I thought that was a bit drastic) and I don't
remember what the other poster did. I decided to wait for the final release
of Windows Live Essentials to see if the icon changed.

I was actually surprised by the icon change after I ran CCleaner. I ran the
program to "clean" but machine (IE's delete history feature was taking mucho
time) and after a reboot, I noticed the Wave 3 WLM icon.

Thanks ©LarryEº,

Sterling

"©LarryEº" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Sterling.

From what I can tell, the location for the Start Menu E-mail link icon for WLMail is taken from the Registry Key->Value: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Windows Live Mail\Protocols\mailto\DefaultIcon->(Default)

On my System, with the correct icon, the Value Data for the above Registry Value is 'C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe,-2' (change this Value Data if you need to).

The version for my wlmail.exe is 14.0.8050.1202, and it contains the Wave 3 icon in its resources.

For interest, when 'Windows Live Hotmail' is set as the Start Menu E-mail link icon, it uses the old WLMail icon, because that icon is within the resource 'hmmapi.dll,1' for Internet Explorer 7...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Hotmail\Protocols\mailto\DefaultIcon->(Default)->'ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\hmmapi.dll,1'

There are other Registry Key->Value->'Value Data' that influence the default icon for WLMail in my system:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WLMail.Url.Mailto\DefaultIcon->(Default)->'C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe,-2'

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\DefaultIcon->(Default)->'C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe,-2'

No shortcuts for WLMail were created on my Desktop or Quick Launch Toolbar upon installation, but the shortcut at Start->All Programs->Windows Live points to '%SystemRoot%\Installer\{63C1109E-D977-49ED-BCE3-D00D0BF187D6}\wlmail.exe'

If I change that to 'C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe', I get five icons to choose from. One of them being the Wave 3 icon.

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Cheers,
Peter.R
(Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Live Mail 14.0.8050.1202)
"There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Shakespeare
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"Sterling" <sterling@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:636657F9-0A5B-4DF8-AD60-473A0488E093@xxxxxx

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the info. It looks like a lot to look into, so I'll print out
your message and have a go at it.

Like I said before, I think I'm done with the old/new icon -- I'll just wait
for the final release of Windows Live Mail but I am curious as to why
Windows is still using the old Wave 2 icon instead of the new, Wave 3 icon.

I did notice that when I switch the default email to WLHotmail, the icon
changed to an envelop similar to the WLM icon but was a straight on icon
rather than one that was to the side.

Thanks again Peter,

Sterling

"Peter.R" <Peter.R@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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You're welcome Sterling.

I too am curious as to why this is happening, so I will be interested in what you find.

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Cheers,
Peter.R
(Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Live Mail 14.0.8050.1202)
"There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Shakespeare
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"Sterling" <sterling@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:CD2047E5-9AA8-4192-8C27-AD2E0AD0DEFE@xxxxxx

(I don't know if my reply was sent because I don't see it in my Sent folder,
so I'm going to resend.)

Peter,

You bet! This week is going to be busy for me, so I might not get back to
you until later in the week with what I was able to find.

Sterling

"Peter.R" <Peter.R@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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