Windows 7....and Windows Mail Client

I will be doing an InPlace Vista to Windows7 Upgrade. Currently using
Windows Mail which is part of Vista. After the Upgrade to Windows7, and
since I assume Vista will be replaced by Windows 7, will Windows Mail still
be running? Will it run under Windows7?

Or, will Windows Mail no longer be an appll that will be present on my PC
and I will need to Install Windows LIVE Mail?

Once you upgrade to Windows 7 you will no longer have a functional
Windows Mail program. That is why it important that you upgrade to
Windows Live Mail now, which will import all your WM data. Then you
can back up the Windows Live Mail data with this free third party utility:

http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/
http://www.staticbackup.com/products.htm#swmbf

Then you use the same utility to restore the Windows Live Mail data
(after first installing Windows Live Mail on Windows 7).

It does not transfer contacts, but you can easily copy and restore
the folder C:\Users\username\Contacts.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"denmarfl" <> wrote in message news:2EAAB87C-4A1F-4F18-9D49-...
>I will be doing an InPlace Vista to Windows7 Upgrade. Currently using
> Windows Mail which is part of Vista. After the Upgrade to Windows7, and
> since I assume Vista will be replaced by Windows 7, will Windows Mail still
> be running? Will it run under Windows7?
>
> Or, will Windows Mail no longer be an appll that will be present on my PC
> and I will need to Install Windows LIVE Mail?

See replies to your original thread about this.

denmarfl wrote:
> I will be doing an InPlace Vista to Windows7 Upgrade. Currently using
> Windows Mail which is part of Vista. After the Upgrade to Windows7, and
> since I assume Vista will be replaced by Windows 7, will Windows Mail
> still
> be running? Will it run under Windows7?
>
> Or, will Windows Mail no longer be an appll that will be present on my PC
> and I will need to Install Windows LIVE Mail?

denmarfl wrote:
> I will be doing an InPlace Vista to Windows7 Upgrade. Currently using
> Windows Mail which is part of Vista. After the Upgrade to Windows7, and
> since I assume Vista will be replaced by Windows 7, will Windows Mail still
> be running? Will it run under Windows7?
>
> Or, will Windows Mail no longer be an appll that will be present on my PC
> and I will need to Install Windows LIVE Mail?

This might be a good time for amny to jump off the MS-Windows Mail
issues and use Thunderbird. If you switch to Thunderbird, it will work
on XP, Vista and presumably Win 7 as well as other platforms all the same.

Vista mail sure didn't last long. Guess hey couldn't fix it.

http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/

I don't MSFT had any intention of "fixing" Windows Mail. It was just a
temporary program to release with Vista, until WLM was in shape to be
released.


--
Windows 7 RC
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
http://download.live.com/wlmail

"Canuck57" <> wrote in message
news:8YHCm.266323$...
> denmarfl wrote:
>> I will be doing an InPlace Vista to Windows7 Upgrade. Currently using
>> Windows Mail which is part of Vista. After the Upgrade to Windows7, and
>> since I assume Vista will be replaced by Windows 7, will Windows Mail
>> still be running? Will it run under Windows7?
>>
>> Or, will Windows Mail no longer be an appll that will be present on my PC
>> and I will need to Install Windows LIVE Mail?
>
> This might be a good time for amny to jump off the MS-Windows Mail issues
> and use Thunderbird. If you switch to Thunderbird, it will work on XP,
> Vista and presumably Win 7 as well as other platforms all the same.
>
> Vista mail sure didn't last long. Guess hey couldn't fix it.
>
> http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/

I don't MSFT had any intention of "fixing" Windows Mail. It was just a
temporary program to release with Vista, until WLM was in shape to be
released.


--
Windows 7 RC
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
http://download.live.com/wlmail

"Canuck57" <> wrote in message
news:8YHCm.266323$...
> denmarfl wrote:
>> I will be doing an InPlace Vista to Windows7 Upgrade. Currently using
>> Windows Mail which is part of Vista. After the Upgrade to Windows7, and
>> since I assume Vista will be replaced by Windows 7, will Windows Mail
>> still be running? Will it run under Windows7?
>>
>> Or, will Windows Mail no longer be an appll that will be present on my PC
>> and I will need to Install Windows LIVE Mail?
>
> This might be a good time for amny to jump off the MS-Windows Mail issues
> and use Thunderbird. If you switch to Thunderbird, it will work on XP,
> Vista and presumably Win 7 as well as other platforms all the same.
>
> Vista mail sure didn't last long. Guess hey couldn't fix it.
>
> http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/

"Canuck57" <> wrote in message
news:8YHCm.266323$...
> denmarfl wrote:
>> I will be doing an InPlace Vista to Windows7 Upgrade. Currently using
>> Windows Mail which is part of Vista. After the Upgrade to Windows7, and
>> since I assume Vista will be replaced by Windows 7, will Windows Mail
>> still be running? Will it run under Windows7?
>>
>> Or, will Windows Mail no longer be an appll that will be present on my PC
>> and I will need to Install Windows LIVE Mail?
>
> This might be a good time for amny to jump off the MS-Windows Mail issues
> and use Thunderbird. If you switch to Thunderbird, it will work on XP,
> Vista and presumably Win 7 as well as other platforms all the same.
>
> Vista mail sure didn't last long. Guess hey couldn't fix it.
>
> http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/

It does not require much intelligence to figure out that if you want email
software for free, then everyone upgrading to Windows 7 won't use Microsoft
software that does not cost extra.

Not sure I understand the point you are trying to make.
Windows Mail --> Windows Live Mail has an easy (automatic) upgrade path.
Windows Mail --> Thunderbird, not so much.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"Sam Hobbs" <> wrote in message news:...
> "Canuck57" <> wrote in message
> news:8YHCm.266323$...
>> denmarfl wrote:
>>> I will be doing an InPlace Vista to Windows7 Upgrade. Currently using
>>> Windows Mail which is part of Vista. After the Upgrade to Windows7, and
>>> since I assume Vista will be replaced by Windows 7, will Windows Mail
>>> still be running? Will it run under Windows7?
>>>
>>> Or, will Windows Mail no longer be an appll that will be present on my PC
>>> and I will need to Install Windows LIVE Mail?
>>
>> This might be a good time for amny to jump off the MS-Windows Mail issues
>> and use Thunderbird. If you switch to Thunderbird, it will work on XP,
>> Vista and presumably Win 7 as well as other platforms all the same.
>>
>> Vista mail sure didn't last long. Guess hey couldn't fix it.
>>
>> http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
>
> It does not require much intelligence to figure out that if you want email
> software for free, then everyone upgrading to Windows 7 won't use Microsoft
> software that does not cost extra.
>

Yes, my thinking was incorrect. Windows Live Mail is available for free and
you have said many times that it works in Windows 7.


"Gary VanderMolen" <> wrote in message
news:...
Not sure I understand the point you are trying to make.
Windows Mail --> Windows Live Mail has an easy (automatic) upgrade path.
Windows Mail --> Thunderbird, not so much.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"Sam Hobbs" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Canuck57" <> wrote in message
> news:8YHCm.266323$...
>> denmarfl wrote:
>>> I will be doing an InPlace Vista to Windows7 Upgrade. Currently using
>>> Windows Mail which is part of Vista. After the Upgrade to Windows7, and
>>> since I assume Vista will be replaced by Windows 7, will Windows Mail
>>> still be running? Will it run under Windows7?
>>>
>>> Or, will Windows Mail no longer be an appll that will be present on my
>>> PC
>>> and I will need to Install Windows LIVE Mail?
>>
>> This might be a good time for amny to jump off the MS-Windows Mail issues
>> and use Thunderbird. If you switch to Thunderbird, it will work on XP,
>> Vista and presumably Win 7 as well as other platforms all the same.
>>
>> Vista mail sure didn't last long. Guess hey couldn't fix it.
>>
>> http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
>
> It does not require much intelligence to figure out that if you want email
> software for free, then everyone upgrading to Windows 7 won't use
> Microsoft
> software that does not cost extra.
>

That is not what the MVPs were told at the time, and it only turned out to
be the case in retrospect after it became clear the MVPs and the public were
misinformed. They never fixed OE either.

But then you could also say that about Vista itself.

setve

"Dave" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I don't MSFT had any intention of "fixing" Windows Mail. It was just a
>temporary program to release with Vista, until WLM was in shape to be
>released.
>
>
> --
> Windows 7 RC
> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
> http://download.live.com/wlmail
>
> "Canuck57" <> wrote in message
> news:8YHCm.266323$...
>> denmarfl wrote:
>>> I will be doing an InPlace Vista to Windows7 Upgrade. Currently using
>>> Windows Mail which is part of Vista. After the Upgrade to Windows7, and
>>> since I assume Vista will be replaced by Windows 7, will Windows Mail
>>> still be running? Will it run under Windows7?
>>>
>>> Or, will Windows Mail no longer be an appll that will be present on my
>>> PC and I will need to Install Windows LIVE Mail?
>>
>> This might be a good time for amny to jump off the MS-Windows Mail issues
>> and use Thunderbird. If you switch to Thunderbird, it will work on XP,
>> Vista and presumably Win 7 as well as other platforms all the same.
>>
>> Vista mail sure didn't last long. Guess hey couldn't fix it.
>>
>> http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
>