I just discovered that Windows Mail didn't have all its defaults so if yours is the same run this .reg file (unpack the zip and then right-click > Merge or simply double-click it):
Ex_Brit and others, Please do not use that attachment!
It has unnecessary entries that will cause someone cosmetic grief if they merge it messing many of their own set settings while solving no problems!
Furthermore there's no defaults missing within the current WinMailEdit.reg either
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The current WinMailEdit.reg has all the latest modifications needed, and has only what is needed. Don't be concerned or try to compare it in size or content to that Old WinMailEdit.reg you give, where back in 2009+ everyone was turning in portions of their own personal registry entries alongside valid ones to solve issues; yes the moments were great and a wonderful community effort in those days and never to be forgotten. However in the process there were some unneeded personal HKCU that were unintentionally sent in alongside valid entries that solved problems, and the personal was unnecessarily retained in the WinMailEdit.reg over a long period.
We have since cleaned it up and removed all unwarranted entries and keep adding more problem solvers as we go along, and now incorporate only what's necessary - and it works so much better!
We removed the erroneous HKCU entries of WinMailEdit.reg for good reason. As with most programs, WinMail's registry is first initialized and driven off HKLM, and the HKCU per-user keys are built by the program when first launched and as options set using HKLM entries as the base, or have some built-in self registering, or both. The Tutorial's WinMailEdit.reg provides only the necessary base HKLM registry entries that Are needed to resolve all operating issues discovered for the project that were found, and so now going forward everyone's own HKCU configuration settings, as it should be, will be preserved when they have to run the latest tutorial files again - that's the beauty of it.
Realize that as WinMail exists and sits in the registry Before anyone ever opens WinMail.exe for the first time, if you were looking at its registry entries comparing it to a fully setup WinMail, yes nearly 40% of its WinMail registry entries in both HKCU & HKLM may appear to be missing...and they are suppose to be, until, WinMail.exe is actually opened and ran for the first time. It's not until one first opens up WinMail and uses it, starts making options changes, setting up their accounts, etc, which all along the way until finished for each process it builds and introduces more and more additional registry settings ...nearly 40% more at the appropriate time until finished.
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