Can I connect my Windows Calendar to the Calander in Windows Live

I recently decided to give the email program my windows vista computer came
with a try and found that there was Windows Mail and Windows Calendar,
separate but both useful. I went online and found that Windows Live Mail
included a calendar program within. Well i decided to download that to use
instead, because I figured, hey, it'll be nice to have them together.

The problem is, when people email me meetings and they come as an ics file,
I click on that and it adds to the regular windows calendar, not the calendar
in windows live mail.

The whole reason for downloading it was I wanted mail and calendar in one
program! Anyhow, I saw in another post that window live mail on the desktop
is not set up to accept ics files. i can get them if I am actually in a
browser and go to my mail online, annoying because the point of desktop mail
is to you know, use it from my desktop, but whatever, I could live with it,
if I could only find a way to connect my windows calendar to the calendar in
windows live.

Any ideas? Is there a way to do this?

If not, should I have any trouble going back to windows mail? At least then
I would not be confused with two calendars and miss something because it was
on one calendar and not the other.

Although the Calendar application in WLMail is a desktop calendar (as
opposed to a web one) it really only is a front end for the web calendar.
All the information from the calendar application live on calendar.live.com
and it just syncs with that application.
As such, unfortunately it won't do what you are wanting (yet). There is no
way currently to connect your Windows calendar to the WLMail calendar.
This functionality may be provided in the next Wave 4 release of Windows
Live products, failing that there is also rumor that Microsoft will release
an API for their Windows Live products which would allow somebody to program
an add-in that would do what you are looking to do.

Colin Brown
WL MVP

"shellebelle" <> wrote in message
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> I recently decided to give the email program my windows vista computer
> came
> with a try and found that there was Windows Mail and Windows Calendar,
> separate but both useful. I went online and found that Windows Live Mail
> included a calendar program within. Well i decided to download that to use
> instead, because I figured, hey, it'll be nice to have them together.
>
> The problem is, when people email me meetings and they come as an ics
> file,
> I click on that and it adds to the regular windows calendar, not the
> calendar
> in windows live mail.
>
> The whole reason for downloading it was I wanted mail and calendar in one
> program! Anyhow, I saw in another post that window live mail on the
> desktop
> is not set up to accept ics files. i can get them if I am actually in a
> browser and go to my mail online, annoying because the point of desktop
> mail
> is to you know, use it from my desktop, but whatever, I could live with
> it,
> if I could only find a way to connect my windows calendar to the calendar
> in
> windows live.
>
> Any ideas? Is there a way to do this?
>
> If not, should I have any trouble going back to windows mail? At least
> then
> I would not be confused with two calendars and miss something because it
> was
> on one calendar and not the other.
>
>
>