Vista - Lost Windows Mail to Outlook Express

I bought a new HP desktop running Vista, and used a cable to transfer files,
contacts, etc. from my old XP machine.

Vista's Windows Mail worked fine for a couple of weeks, then suddenly, for
no reason, XP's Outlook Express appeared, and Windows Mail disappeared.

Every email, including those that I had deleted in XP going back to January
'09 showed up; and now when I send an email, it doesn't show up in the "sent"
box. I suspect Windows Mail is running in the background, and my sent emails
are being saved there

Where is my Windows Mail, and how to I get it to become my default email
again? My desktop icon still says "Windows Mail," but when I open it Outlook
Express shows up.

How makes you think that "Outlook Express shows up"?
Outlook Express can't run on a Vista computer. There are
distinct differences in appearance between the two programs, so even
if the title was wrong, you can tell what you have running by looking at
the various features and styling.

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/VanderMolen


"retiredbiker" <retiredbiker@newsgroup> wrote in message news:EC650653-442D-4233-88D8-23391F1CC8B8@newsgroup

Sorry, that first word should be 'What'.

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/VanderMolen


"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@newsgroup> wrote in message news:ulNapBwNKHA.4692@newsgroup
How makes you think that "Outlook Express shows up"?
Outlook Express can't run on a Vista computer. There are
distinct differences in appearance between the two programs, so even
if the title was wrong, you can tell what you have running by looking at
the various features and styling.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/VanderMolen


"retiredbiker" <retiredbiker@newsgroup> wrote in message news:EC650653-442D-4233-88D8-23391F1CC8B8@newsgroup

When you click on the Help button, does it say About Microsoft Outlook
Express or does it say About Windows Mail or does it say something else?

steve

"retiredbiker" <retiredbiker@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:EC650653-442D-4233-88D8-23391F1CC8B8@newsgroup

Did you just do the required upgrade to Windows Live Messenger v14.0.8089?
If so, did you opt-out of installing Windows Live Mail and any other
*prechecked* Windows Live application you didn't want or need?

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[1] cf.
http://messengergeek.spaces.live.com...DA1!3800.entry
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


retiredbiker wrote:

"retiredbiker" wrote:

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
No one has addressed the fact that my sent email messages are not showing up
in the sent mailbox. The must be going to the sent box in Windows Mail

retiredbiker wrote:Wanna answer my questions?

How did you migrate the OE data to Windows Mail?

PS: "via cable transfer" is not a sufficiently detailed or appropriate
answer

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
With reference to other responses: I know the difference between the
appearance and features of Windows Mail and Outlook Express, and I am
definitely seeing the Outlook Express screen, and my sent emails are still
disappearing, or at least not showing up in my sent box.

Well, we can't even begin to address specific issues until we know
for sure which email program you are running.
As I suspected, the title bar has the wrong program name, but you can trust
the accuracy of the program name you see when clicking on Help, About...

Are you running more than one email program? The sent messages should
leave a copy in the Sent Items folder of whatever mail program you are
sending from, Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/VanderMolen


"retiredbiker" <retiredbiker@newsgroup> wrote in message news:99673BA8-B284-4AC2-B197-F6C2F14CBF6A@newsgroup