Vista Tutorial - Windows Mail Spell Check

**Brink** · 05-20-2007

How to Fix the Vista Windows Mail Spell Check Language Error

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**Brink** · 01-08-2008

Your welcome 1-gabe.

Welcome to Vista Forums.

Shawn

Duckysan1 · 01-10-2008

OK, great, but how do I change from the US English to International English or UK.
I do not spell reliase with a 'z'
I have tyres on my car, not tires
I also have colour in my life, not color
Anybody know???
Cheers, Duckysan

**Brink** · 01-10-2008

Hi Duckysan,

Welcome to Vista Forums.

Windows Mail only has the English (US), French (France), German (Germany), Spanish (International Sort) languages available to it. If you want or need a email program for languages other than these, then you might consider using Mozilla Thunderbird instead. See: Mozilla Thunderbird Language Versions

Shawn

Duckysan1 · 01-10-2008

Thanks Brink. Of course, Windows Mail has gone backwards in this respect as the old Outlook Express had the option. Cheers, Duckysan

**Brink** · 01-10-2008

Your welcome Ducysan,

I agree.

fulweiler · 01-30-2008

I don't know how I found my way to this site but your directions were excellent and you fixed my problem. What I was doing before was clicking on the tools tab in an email message. Your explanation was to click on the tools tab from the main email screen. It worked!

Thank you because I am a terrible speller and I rely on spell check.

**Brink** · 01-30-2008

Your welcome fulweiler. LOL, I'm not so great myself between that and the typo's.

Shawn

catcorbett · 03-03-2008

BLESS YOU....... it worked

**Brink** · 03-03-2008

Your welcome catcorbett, and welcome to Vista x64 Forums.

Thank you for the blessing. I need it.

Shawn

**cpemma** · 03-27-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Windows Mail only has the English (US), French (France), German (Germany), Spanish (International Sort) languages available to it...

With the Win Live Mail the language can be swapped to UK (or Canadian) English with a simple edit to the spell.ini file. The same dictionary file is used for all English variations, so hopefully MS will make it easier to change in an update.

This thread in the Live Mail forum gives the particulars.

Quote: Originally Posted by Noel

If you're looking for British English spell checking (so colour is accepted
but color gets a wiggly red line), use Notepad (run as Admin) to open spell.ini in
%programfiles%/Windows Live/Mail/Proof/prf0009/2 and change lang=1033 to
lang=2057. For Canadian, lang=4105.

It's also a better email program IMO.

05-20-2007
Brink Administrator Join Date: Apr 2007 Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,818 posts	Windows Mail Spell Check How to Fix the Vista Windows Mail Spell Check Language Error ... Click here to read the entire tutorial
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01-08-2008
Brink Administrator Join Date: Apr 2007 Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,818 posts	Re: Windows Mail Spell Check Your welcome 1-gabe. Welcome to Vista Forums. Shawn
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01-10-2008
Duckysan1 Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Vista Business 32 4 posts	Re: Windows Mail Spell Check OK, great, but how do I change from the US English to International English or UK. I do not spell reliase with a 'z' I have tyres on my car, not tires I also have colour in my life, not color Anybody know??? Cheers, Duckysan
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01-10-2008
Brink Administrator Join Date: Apr 2007 Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,818 posts	Re: Windows Mail Spell Check Hi Duckysan, Welcome to Vista Forums. Windows Mail only has the English (US), French (France), German (Germany), Spanish (International Sort) languages available to it. If you want or need a email program for languages other than these, then you might consider using Mozilla Thunderbird instead. See: Mozilla Thunderbird Language Versions Shawn
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01-10-2008
Duckysan1 Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Vista Business 32 4 posts	Re: Windows Mail Spell Check Thanks Brink. Of course, Windows Mail has gone backwards in this respect as the old Outlook Express had the option. Cheers, Duckysan
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01-30-2008
fulweiler Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Vista Home Premium 32 bit 3 posts	Re: Windows Mail Spell Check I don't know how I found my way to this site but your directions were excellent and you fixed my problem. What I was doing before was clicking on the tools tab in an email message. Your explanation was to click on the tools tab from the main email screen. It worked! Thank you because I am a terrible speller and I rely on spell check.
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03-03-2008
catcorbett Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Vista Home Premium 1 posts	Re: Windows Mail Spell Check BLESS YOU....... it worked
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03-27-2008
cpemma Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Home Premium 32 SP1 54 posts	Re: Windows Mail Spell Check Quote: Originally Posted by Brink Windows Mail only has the English (US), French (France), German (Germany), Spanish (International Sort) languages available to it... With the Win *Live* Mail the language can be swapped to UK (or Canadian) English with a simple edit to the spell.ini file. The same dictionary file is used for all English variations, so hopefully MS will make it easier to change in an update. This thread in the Live Mail forum gives the particulars. Quote: Originally Posted by Noel If you're looking for British English spell checking (so colour is accepted but color gets a wiggly red line), use Notepad (run as Admin) to open spell.ini in %programfiles%/Windows Live/Mail/Proof/prf0009/2 and change lang=1033 to lang=2057. For Canadian, lang=4105. It's also a better email program IMO. Last edited by cpemma; 03-27-2008 at 08:17 PM..
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