Solved Live Mail and Windows 8

Hello Islanderuk, and welcome to Eight Forums.

To create a new folder, you would right click on the account name in the left pane, and click on New folder.

To create a new sub folder, you would right click on a folder under the account name in the left pane, and click on New folder.

Hope this helps, :)
Shawn
 

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Shawn

Thanks for responding. Unfortunately I am using Windows 8 on a new computer and if I right click on the account name I just get the options to Snc or Pin to Start or move or Mark as unread which appear in a panel at the bottom of the screen.

In passing I also appear to be unable to send e-mails from one of my two accounts even though I have it set up exactly as it was on my old computer.

I cannot find any links that tell me about using Live mail.

Regards

Peter
 

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Peter,

Odd, it should look like this.

WLM.jpg
 

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    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
Shawn

Unfortunately it looks nothing like that. It is just a blue screen with the account name in the top left hand corner, and a list of the different folders. In the centre is the list of e-mails I have received for that account and on the right the details of the e-mail highlighted. Unfortunately I cannot get a screen print as my screen print program does not appear to work.

Am I able to dow load Outlook into Windows 8 as that would solve the problem. If I can do you know where can I get it please?

Thanks for trying to help

Peter
 

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Right Click the white bar at the top Second one down) and select "Minimize the ribbon" . I think you may have the compacted menu showing. If you still do not see your account and details, as in Shawn's picture, select "File" and then click, on the top menu, "Compact view"
 

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Dave

Thanks for responding.

There is no ribbon at the top. All there is on a white background, which is the same colour as most of the page, is on the top left hand side where there is a button with a plus sign which means New Ctrl+N, a Button with an e-mail and arrow which means Respond Ctrl+R and a Dustbin which mans Delete Ctrl+D.

I don't know if I have some rouge e-mail system that has been supplied by Toshiba who made the machine.

Peter
 

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Peter,

Do you have the latest Windows Essentials 2012 version of Windows Live Mail installed?


Press the CTRL+F1 keys to see if that opens the ribbon.

If not, then please post a screenshot showing what you are seeing. Be sure to white out any personal information in the screenshot before posting it though.
 

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    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
I downloaded Windows Essentials 2012 and found the correct Windows Live Mail. I have no idea what I had on the computer before so thank you very much.

However in downloading this program my computer lost its WiFi connection and it was shown as off. I switched off the Computer and put in an ethernet cable. Unfortunately when I re-started my computer I was asked for a password on a plain blue screen. I entered my Windows password which turned out not to be what it wanted. It wanted some other password.

After trying three other passwords the computer shut down and when I started it up I got the same screen requesting a password. In otherwords the system had crashed.

I will be taking my one day old computer back to the stores in the morning but I am very surprised that the Windows Essentials 2012 program caused this to happen and am not very happy.

Peter
 

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I think you was on the Metro mail apps before
 

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I don't think you can blame WLM for this. It runs great on my 64-bit Windows 8 Enterprise laptop. It's most likely one of those interruptions during the installation that borked it up for you. :(

Hopefully they'll get it sorted for you.
 

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    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
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    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
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    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
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    Thermaltake Core P3
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    Corsair Hydro H115i
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    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
I managed to solve the problem and log onto the computer. I then did a restore back to soon after I opened the box. I downloaded Windows essentials 2012 again and have got live mail working.

An article on the mail program on the computer can be found at

http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/windows-8-feature-focus-mail-app-preview-142684

I still don't know why I lost my wireless connection and the computer crashed on me but at least I know what to do if it happens again.

Thank you all for your help. This a brilliant Forum with lots of helpful people and one I will no doubt return to often


Regards and Thanks

Peter
 

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I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted Peter. Thank you for posting back with your results. :)
 

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    64-bit Windows 10
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    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self built
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
I managed to solve the problem and log onto the computer. I then did a restore back to soon after I opened the box. I downloaded Windows essentials 2012 again and have got live mail working.

An article on the mail program on the computer can be found at

http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/windows-8-feature-focus-mail-app-preview-142684

I still don't know why I lost my wireless connection and the computer crashed on me but at least I know what to do if it happens again.

Thank you all for your help. This a brilliant Forum with lots of helpful people and one I will no doubt return to often


Regards and Thanks

Peter

Better to use offline installers always. :)
 

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