I am using Windows XP and don't even know how Windows Live got on here
instead of my regular Hotmail. When I am on a web page and go to file, then
send as... Windows Live comes up and takes over instead of Outlook Express.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Please clarify.

Outlook Express is a part of XP and earlier Windows versions.

Windows Mail is a part of Windows Vista only.

Windows Live Mail is a substitute e-mail client that /you/ download and
install. (XP and Vista only).

With that in mind, what is your OS, what is happening, and what do you want
to happen?
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"g -rains" wrote in message
...
How can I disconnect Windows Live from my Outlook Express? I find it very
annoying when I try to send something and Windows Mail comes up.
Any help will be appreciated, thanks.

Bruce, thanks for answering.
I am running WindowsXP media edition. I don't know how Windows Live took
over my Hotmail. When I am at a web page and want to send it, I click on
File, send... and then Windows Live takes over instead of my default mail,
which is outlook express.
I want Outlook Express to handle such e-mailings.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Please clarify.

Outlook Express is a part of XP and earlier Windows versions.

Windows Mail is a part of Windows Vista only.

Windows Live Mail is a substitute e-mail client that /you/ download and
install. (XP and Vista only).

With that in mind, what is your OS, what is happening, and what do you want
to happen?
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"g -rains" wrote in message
...
How can I disconnect Windows Live from my Outlook Express? I find it very
annoying when I try to send something and Windows Mail comes up.
Any help will be appreciated, thanks.

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:19:01 -0700, g -rains wrote:

How can I disconnect Windows Live from my Outlook Express? I find it very
annoying when I try to send something and Windows Mail comes up.
Any help will be appreciated, thanks.

I have heard of "Windows Live Mail", "Windows Live Messenger", "Windows Live
Essentials", and "Windows Live Hotmail". I surely do not know what this
"Windows Live" is that you speak of. Guessing it is "Windows Live Mail", but
guessing is dangerous.

Have you tried resetting MS Outlook Express as your default mailer? In
Windows XP MCE 2005, it is listed as "Set Program Access and Defaults" in
the "Start" menu. Try changing back to MSOE as the default mailer.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

Yes Norman, it does seem to be Windows Live Hotmail. I have My outlook
Express set as default mail, but the same thing still happens. I guess I'll
have to somehow uninstall Windows Live Mail and hope I don't lose everything.
Thanks

"NormanM" wrote:

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:19:01 -0700, g -rains wrote:

How can I disconnect Windows Live from my Outlook Express? I find it very
annoying when I try to send something and Windows Mail comes up.
Any help will be appreciated, thanks.

I have heard of "Windows Live Mail", "Windows Live Messenger", "Windows Live
Essentials", and "Windows Live Hotmail". I surely do not know what this
"Windows Live" is that you speak of. Guessing it is "Windows Live Mail", but
guessing is dangerous.

Have you tried resetting MS Outlook Express as your default mailer? In
Windows XP MCE 2005, it is listed as "Set Program Access and Defaults" in
the "Start" menu. Try changing back to MSOE as the default mailer.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

One more time: Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Hotmail are NOT the same
application.

Windows Live Mail: http://download.live.com/wlmail

Windows Live Hotmail: www.hotmail.com


g -rains wrote:
Yes Norman, it does seem to be Windows Live Hotmail. I have My outlook
Express set as default mail, but the same thing still happens. I guess
I'll
have to somehow uninstall Windows Live Mail and hope I don't lose
everything. Thanks

"NormanM" wrote:

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:19:01 -0700, g -rains wrote:

How can I disconnect Windows Live from my Outlook Express? I find it
very
annoying when I try to send something and Windows Mail comes up.
Any help will be appreciated, thanks.

I have heard of "Windows Live Mail", "Windows Live Messenger", "Windows
Live Essentials", and "Windows Live Hotmail". I surely do not know what
this "Windows Live" is that you speak of. Guessing it is "Windows Live
Mail", but guessing is dangerous.

Have you tried resetting MS Outlook Express as your default mailer? In
Windows XP MCE 2005, it is listed as "Set Program Access and Defaults" in
the "Start" menu. Try changing back to MSOE as the default mailer.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

One more time: Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Hotmail are NOT the same
application.

Windows Live Mail: http://download.live.com/wlmail

Windows Live Hotmail: www.hotmail.com


g -rains wrote:
Yes Norman, it does seem to be Windows Live Hotmail. I have My outlook
Express set as default mail, but the same thing still happens. I guess
I'll
have to somehow uninstall Windows Live Mail and hope I don't lose
everything. Thanks

"NormanM" wrote:

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:19:01 -0700, g -rains wrote:

How can I disconnect Windows Live from my Outlook Express? I find it
very
annoying when I try to send something and Windows Mail comes up.
Any help will be appreciated, thanks.

I have heard of "Windows Live Mail", "Windows Live Messenger", "Windows
Live Essentials", and "Windows Live Hotmail". I surely do not know what
this "Windows Live" is that you speak of. Guessing it is "Windows Live
Mail", but guessing is dangerous.

Have you tried resetting MS Outlook Express as your default mailer? In
Windows XP MCE 2005, it is listed as "Set Program Access and Defaults" in
the "Start" menu. Try changing back to MSOE as the default mailer.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

Thanks so much Norman, I finally have aoutlook Express back as default as per
your instructions. I didn't have to go through the bother of uninstalling
Windows Live Hotmail.

"NormanM" wrote:

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:19:01 -0700, g -rains wrote:

How can I disconnect Windows Live from my Outlook Express? I find it very
annoying when I try to send something and Windows Mail comes up.
Any help will be appreciated, thanks.

I have heard of "Windows Live Mail", "Windows Live Messenger", "Windows Live
Essentials", and "Windows Live Hotmail". I surely do not know what this
"Windows Live" is that you speak of. Guessing it is "Windows Live Mail", but
guessing is dangerous.

Have you tried resetting MS Outlook Express as your default mailer? In
Windows XP MCE 2005, it is listed as "Set Program Access and Defaults" in
the "Start" menu. Try changing back to MSOE as the default mailer.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:19:01 -0700, g -rains wrote:

Thanks so much Norman, I finally have aoutlook Express back as default as per
your instructions. I didn't have to go through the bother of uninstalling
Windows Live Hotmail.

You can't "uninstall" Windows Live Hotmail; it is not an installable
application. Windows Live Hotmail is an online service. Windows Live Mail is
the client application. So states in the program list, and the startup
splash screen.

Windows Live Mail and MS Outlook Express have been happily co-existing on my
computer since the first beta version, when it was called, "Windows Live
Mail desktop". Just had to restore the MSOE shortcuts. I don't have either
MSOE, or WLM, as my system default mailer.

Point to keep in mind: Your active browser will invoke your default mailer
for those 'mailto:' links, and your active mailer will invoke your default
browser for URL links in email. In my case, any browser invokes Pegasus Mail
for 'mailto:', and any mailer (MSOE, WLM, Mozilla Thunderbird) invokes Opera
to display links. If that ever changes, first place to go is "Set Program
Access and Defaults", and make the appropriate changes. And, if an installed
application removes shortcut access, you will have to recreate those (as I
did for MSOE). Windows Live Mail also took over one file association, .eml.
I had to re-register the MSOE .dlls to restore those associations.

Again, thanks to Microsoft's less than stellar naming process, people often
confuse their products and online services.

Products:

MS Outlook (full featured PIM and mailer; part of the Office suite).
MS Outlook Express (light mailer and news client; part of MS Internet
Explorer 6, and earlier).
Windows Mail (replacement for MSOE in Windows Vista, only)
Windows Live Mail (replacement for MSOE; requires either Windows XP, or
Windows Vista).

Online Service:

Windows Live Hotmail (completely independent from any desktop application;
can be accessed using either an email client, or a web browser).

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

[major PBUAK issue here]

g -rains wrote:
Thanks so much Norman, I finally have aoutlook Express back as default as
per your instructions. I didn't have to go through the bother of
uninstalling Windows Live Hotmail.

"NormanM" wrote:

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:19:01 -0700, g -rains wrote:

How can I disconnect Windows Live from my Outlook Express? I find it
very
annoying when I try to send something and Windows Mail comes up.
Any help will be appreciated, thanks.

I have heard of "Windows Live Mail", "Windows Live Messenger", "Windows
Live Essentials", and "Windows Live Hotmail". I surely do not know what
this "Windows Live" is that you speak of. Guessing it is "Windows Live
Mail", but guessing is dangerous.

Have you tried resetting MS Outlook Express as your default mailer? In
Windows XP MCE 2005, it is listed as "Set Program Access and Defaults" in
the "Start" menu. Try changing back to MSOE as the default mailer.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:19:01 -0700, g -rains wrote:

Thanks so much Norman, I finally have aoutlook Express back as default as per
your instructions. I didn't have to go through the bother of uninstalling
Windows Live Hotmail.

You can't "uninstall" Windows Live Hotmail; it is not an installable
application. Windows Live Hotmail is an online service. Windows Live Mail is
the client application. So states in the program list, and the startup
splash screen.

Windows Live Mail and MS Outlook Express have been happily co-existing on my
computer since the first beta version, when it was called, "Windows Live
Mail desktop". Just had to restore the MSOE shortcuts. I don't have either
MSOE, or WLM, as my system default mailer.

Point to keep in mind: Your active browser will invoke your default mailer
for those 'mailto:' links, and your active mailer will invoke your default
browser for URL links in email. In my case, any browser invokes Pegasus Mail
for 'mailto:', and any mailer (MSOE, WLM, Mozilla Thunderbird) invokes Opera
to display links. If that ever changes, first place to go is "Set Program
Access and Defaults", and make the appropriate changes. And, if an installed
application removes shortcut access, you will have to recreate those (as I
did for MSOE). Windows Live Mail also took over one file association, .eml.
I had to re-register the MSOE .dlls to restore those associations.

Again, thanks to Microsoft's less than stellar naming process, people often
confuse their products and online services.

Products:

MS Outlook (full featured PIM and mailer; part of the Office suite).
MS Outlook Express (light mailer and news client; part of MS Internet
Explorer 6, and earlier).
Windows Mail (replacement for MSOE in Windows Vista, only)
Windows Live Mail (replacement for MSOE; requires either Windows XP, or
Windows Vista).

Online Service:

Windows Live Hotmail (completely independent from any desktop application;
can be accessed using either an email client, or a web browser).

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum