Article: Goodbye Outlook Express, Hello Windows Live Mail Desktop

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These are screenshots of Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta, which was a unexpected release on 7/19/06.  This program will be the replacement for Outlook Express.   If you are interested and want to try out Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta, I suggest you head over to the Microsoft website and join the Beta and download, (I have included a link at the end of this article)   If experience has taught us anything, its that when it comes to Microsoft, the early bird gets the worm.    I am sure that, like Vista Beta 2, that there is a limit on how many people can get the Beta.  So if you want it, get it now.[!--[/td--]

A side note:  If you install, and you see an error message during the install (When I installed, I did have this error message), then you will need this info.   Here is the fix:



Close the Install that failed, right click on the Executable for Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta, and choose “Extract..” .  Then once  it has extracted launch only the .MSI file



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Another way to fix the same problem ,

Go to your main drive (typically this will be the C drive), then into Documents and Settings, then your username,  then Local Settings ** then Temp, then delete everything in this folder.  Then relaunch the EXE file for Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta.
(**Note you will need to enable hidden files and folders to be able to access the Local Settings Folder)



For more information on Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta, and/or to join the beta and download a copy...



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go here:



http://ideas.live.com/programPage.aspx?versionId=6ac2bed2-b5a4-4a0a-a897-e36dd191a9f4