Running Windows Mail under Windows 7 - MSOE.dll problem [closed]

Question

Windows Live Mail has replaced Windows Mail (which, in turn, replaced Outlook Express). For various reasons, I need to be able to use the Mail Rules capability of Windows Mail - which appears to have "gone West" in Windows Live Mail. Specifically I need the ability to leave certain messages on the POP3 mail Server (hence I can't use Outlook since that ability seems to be missing in Outlook 2007).

Now, I found some blog posts on the web that suggested I should be able to just copy the Windows Mail folder (in Program Files) from a Vista System and overwrite the same folder in Windows7. I've done that but when I try to start Windows Mail (WinMail.exe) I get the message that that Message store can't be initialized. and that MSOE.DLL can't be initialized. Just before the MSOE.dll message I get an (0X8007007E, 126) message about the computer being out of memory or disk being full. This type of message is typically spurious and can usually be traced to a lack of access somewhere along the line.

I THINK, I have all the security "ducks in a row" but I'm still unable to run Windows Mail on Windows 7. I REALLY need to be able to. Can anyone suggest a foolproof mechanism to achieve this?

TIA, Paolo

Answer 1

Paolo:

Windows Mail really does work in Win 7, but it can be a little touchy to get set up initially. I have received all the same error messages you did, but stick with it and you will succeed.

Try this: Delete all the files you have installed in the Windows Mail folder in Win 7; then copy them in again from Vista. Now click on Winmail.exe, and when it asks for the path to the message store, navigate to this location:

C:\Users\%Administrator%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail

(Supply whatever your Win 7 knows you as in place of the %Administrator% in the above path.)

Once WinMail has found its message store files--and they are there--it should run normally. Of course you will have to set up all your connection parameters again, just like you did when you first started using Windows Mail.

Best, RoswellC

Answer 2

It's not supported so the answer is easy - downgrade back to Vista.