Microsoft seems to have hidden the UK English dictionary in Windows Live
Mail.
After Googling around for info I decided to automate the installation
and have written a small program to so.

If you want to try it out get it here:

http://www.vistax64.com/***********************.com/?d=6VXMONYP

(712K/b)
..

Thanks for the post Dave! And I have a VBScript to automate the task, here:

How to add the UK English Spell Check Option in Windows Live Mail:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ho...ows-live-mail/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"Dave-UK" <1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Microsoft seems to have hidden the UK English dictionary in Windows Live
> Mail.
> After Googling around for info I decided to automate the installation
> and have written a small program to so.
>
> If you want to try it out get it here:
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/***********************.com/?d=6VXMONYP
>
> (712K/b)
> .
>
>
>

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eqWm7ic0IHA.5944@xxxxxx

> Thanks for the post Dave! And I have a VBScript to automate the task,
> here:
>
> How to add the UK English Spell Check Option in Windows Live Mail:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ho...ows-live-mail/
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
>

DOH! I wish I'd seen your article first, it would have saved me some time!
Why don't Microsoft do the decent thing and fix it properly ?
..

Yep, I agree. Wondering why this useful feature is kept hidden.

Perhaps someone can write a program that'll add additional spell checkers
(fetching the Proofing DLLs from Office 2003 CD).

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"Dave-UK" <1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eqWm7ic0IHA.5944@xxxxxx

>> Thanks for the post Dave! And I have a VBScript to automate the task,
>> here:
>>
>> How to add the UK English Spell Check Option in Windows Live Mail:
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ho...ows-live-mail/
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
>> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>>
>>
>>

>
> DOH! I wish I'd seen your article first, it would have saved me some
> time!
> Why don't Microsoft do the decent thing and fix it properly ?
>

"Dave-UK" <1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eqWm7ic0IHA.5944@xxxxxx

>> Thanks for the post Dave! And I have a VBScript to automate the task,
>> here:
>>
>> How to add the UK English Spell Check Option in Windows Live Mail:
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ho...ows-live-mail/
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
>> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>>
>>
>>

>
> DOH! I wish I'd seen your article first, it would have saved me some
> time!
> Why don't Microsoft do the decent thing and fix it properly ?
> .

They may, in the next version of Windows Live Mail which is expected to
come out later this year.