Vista Tutorial - Windows Mail progress window details won't stay hidden

The progress window that appears when you send/receive e-mails has a
"Details" button that shows/hides more detailed information about what it's
doing. I can't get the details to remain hidden though. If I open Windows
Mail and click Send/Receive, the window appears with the details visible. If
I hide the details (so all it's showing is the progress bar) it stays that
way every time I click Send/Receive, but only until I restart Windows Mail,
when the details reappear.

It seems to be forgetting my settings every time. How can I stop it?

Thanks,
Tony

There is a little pushpin on the bottom right of that window. Make sure not
pushed in.

steve

"Tony" <tony@blah.blah> wrote in message
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> The progress window that appears when you send/receive e-mails has a
> "Details" button that shows/hides more detailed information about what
> it's doing. I can't get the details to remain hidden though. If I open
> Windows Mail and click Send/Receive, the window appears with the details
> visible. If I hide the details (so all it's showing is the progress bar)
> it stays that way every time I click Send/Receive, but only until I
> restart Windows Mail, when the details reappear.
>
> It seems to be forgetting my settings every time. How can I stop it?
>
> Thanks,
> Tony

Thanks for the tip. It's not pushed in though. That pushpin keeps the whole
progress window open when it's pushed in. I just want the details section at
the bottom of that window to remain hidden/collapsed.

Tony


"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
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> There is a little pushpin on the bottom right of that window. Make sure
> not pushed in.
>
> steve
>
> "Tony" <tony@blah.blah> wrote in message
> news:ukLciotSHHA.3592@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> The progress window that appears when you send/receive e-mails has a
>> "Details" button that shows/hides more detailed information about what
>> it's doing. I can't get the details to remain hidden though. If I open
>> Windows Mail and click Send/Receive, the window appears with the details
>> visible. If I hide the details (so all it's showing is the progress bar)
>> it stays that way every time I click Send/Receive, but only until I
>> restart Windows Mail, when the details reappear.
>>
>> It seems to be forgetting my settings every time. How can I stop it?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tony
>

Its supposed remember that, but if it doesn't, I don't have a clue. <G>

steve

"Tony" <tony@blah.blah> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the tip. It's not pushed in though. That pushpin keeps the
> whole progress window open when it's pushed in. I just want the details
> section at the bottom of that window to remain hidden/collapsed.
>
> Tony
>
>
> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
> news:5FDB4AAE-8DA8-48D4-906A-619A32D58042@microsoft.com...
>> There is a little pushpin on the bottom right of that window. Make sure
>> not pushed in.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Tony" <tony@blah.blah> wrote in message
>> news:ukLciotSHHA.3592@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> The progress window that appears when you send/receive e-mails has a
>>> "Details" button that shows/hides more detailed information about what
>>> it's doing. I can't get the details to remain hidden though. If I open
>>> Windows Mail and click Send/Receive, the window appears with the details
>>> visible. If I hide the details (so all it's showing is the progress bar)
>>> it stays that way every time I click Send/Receive, but only until I
>>> restart Windows Mail, when the details reappear.
>>>
>>> It seems to be forgetting my settings every time. How can I stop it?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tony
>>
>

I recently ran into this same problem with Windows Mail (running in Outlook Newsreader Mode) on Vista. The problem is not related to the push-pin (tack) in the lower right corner of the Send and Receive Dialog.

Fortunately, after a bit of digging I discovered a way to stop behavior and have the details hidden unless there is a problem. The fix involves editing the Registry, so before making the change listed below, you may wish to backup your Registry.

Start RegEdit.exe.
Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail

In this key you will see an entry for SpoolDlgPos. This entry records the position of the Send and Receive dialog box. The problem is that the SpoolDlgPos entry records the fully expanded window. To revert back to the original behavior (with the Details being hidden), simply delete the SpoolDlgPos entry. Restart Windows Mail and the dialog will once again be positioned in the center of your screen with the details pane collapsed.

Ray Konopka
Raize Software, Inc.