Enabling Windows Mail in Windows 7

Some people Running the Windows 7 Pre Beta 6801 have been asing about Windows
Mail in Windows seven and where the! "an #ind it$
%he strange thing is it is there but it&s hidden and doesn&t do an!thing when !ou "li" on
it' although !ou will see it in tas manager' so i# !ou do want Windows Mail this is what
!ou have to do$
(irst go to #older options and desele"t hide prote"ted operating s!stem #iles and do not
show hidden #iles' !ou will now be able to see the Windows Mail e)e"utable #ile whi"h
was previousl! hidden$
*e)t go to !our programs #older and Windows Mail #older and tae +wnership o# all the
#iles in there' !ou will need to do this one #ile at a time and ,on&t (orget to -ive .oursel#
(/00 1+*%R+0 o# ea"h #ile$ 2%o tae "ontrol o# #iles3Right "li" on #ile3Prop3Se"urit!3
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8ust in "ase there is another #i) #or this in the (uture !ou ma! want to mae a "op! o# this
#older and eep it somewhere
+n"e !ou have taen ownership and given !oursel# #ull "ontrol "op! all !our #iles #rom
9ista&s Windows Mail #older2mae sure hidden #iles are also unhidden3go to (older
options and do this in 9ista7 and paste and repla"e 400 o# the #iles in Windows 7 Mail
#older$
%hat&s it and ,+*&% tr! to "li" on the +riginal :idden WinMail$e)e #ile' i# !ou do !ou
will not be able to repla"e it' as it will run and !ou wont see an!thing but !ou will still
need to ill the pro"ess in tas manager$
-ood 0u" and don&t #orget do give me some Rep' %hans;;
(or some time now' getting Windows Mail to wor in Win37 has been a real "hore$
Some people have even insisted that Winmail does not e)ist in Win37$
<t onl! taes the addition o# two #iles to the Windows Mail #older in Win37 to a"tivate
Windows Mail$
But as with most ha"s' some basi" groundwor needs to be done$
<n Win37' the Windows Mail #older is hidden b! de#ault' so /*3:iding :idden (iles =
#olders is re>uired$
%o >ui"l! /*3:ide all :idden #iles and #olders' download and run this simple s"ript$
http?@@drwho$gee$im@%oggle:idden(iles$vbs
Ea"h time !ou run that s"ript' :idden (iles are toggled +* and then +(($
%hen to be able to add and delete #iles' one needs to A%ae +wnershipA o# the Windows
Mail #older$
4gain' !ou need a s"ript to do that$ ,ownload it here?
http?@@drwho$gee$im@%ae+wnership$reg
,ownload and run the s"ript' then reboot !our P1$
4#ter !ou reboot' !ou will have the new A%ae +wnershipA "ommand in !our Right31li"
"onte)t menu$
8ust Right 1li" on the windows mail #older and A%ae +wnershipA o# it$ %hen !ou "an
add or delete
an! #iles !ou need to$
4#ter !ou&ve taen ownership o# the Windows Mail #older' !ou will need to add the two
#iles in this
Sel# E)tra"ting 7Bip #ile?
http?@@drwho$gee$im@Winmail$e)e
Save the Winmail$e)e #ile to !our destop or to a *EW (older and unpa" it there$
1op! both o# the resulting #iles to the Windows Mail #older' under Program (iles$
+ne #ile in the pa"age is a registr! s"ript$ 1li" on it to run it and update !our registr!'
to
a"tivate Windows Mail$
%hen mae a short"ut o# winmail$e)e and save it to !our destop$
%he pro"eedure has been tested and wors great on Windows 7' )86$