Hi,
I'm running XP Home SP3 and am now using Live Mail and I find that if I use
Live Mail and then shut it down it will not restart and I have to open Task
Manager where the process wlmail.exe will be running if I terminate it then
Live Mail will open normally from the start menu. this seems to mean Live
Mail is not shutting down correctly can I fix this without
uninstall/reinstall.

Baz100 wrote:

<rephrased for clarity>

> Windows XP Home Edition SP-3
> Windows Live Mail
>
> When I close Windows Live Mail (WLM), it will not reload. I have to
> open Task Manager to terminate the wlmail.exe process so I can reload
> WLM. It seems that WLM is not exiting. Can I fix this without an
> uninstall and reinstall of WLM?

Minimizing it to a system tray icon is NOT exiting the application. You
don't mention just HOW you are closing WLM, like if you are using the
File -> Exit/Close menu or if you are just clicking the "X" titlebar
button. You also don't mention if you have the option enabled (if it
exists in that e-mail client) to minimize it to a tray icon on close.
Closing an application's window (using the "X" titlebar button) does not
necessarily exit the application.

For more focused help, visit the Windows Live Mail group at:

microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop

yeah, it’s a bug I've noticed
in both xp and vista.

the best thing to do is to
minimize the program,

instead of exiting/closing
it.

with the icon in the task
bar,

you can click on either the
icon or the short cut and
both will maximize live mail.

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"Baz100" <Baz100@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:232CDFB1-1448-49BF-83D6-E963F8C3519D@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I'm running XP Home SP3 and am now using Live Mail and I find that if I use
> Live Mail and then shut it down it will not restart and I have to open Task
> Manager where the process wlmail.exe will be running if I terminate it then
> Live Mail will open normally from the start menu. this seems to mean Live
> Mail is not shutting down correctly can I fix this without
> uninstall/reinstall.

You'll find support for Windows Live Mail (WLMail) in this public newsgroup:
microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop

Via the web-interface:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...e.mail.desktop

Via your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...e.mail.desktop
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002

Baz100 wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm running XP Home SP3 and am now using Live Mail and I find that if I
> use
> Live Mail and then shut it down it will not restart and I have to open
> Task
> Manager where the process wlmail.exe will be running if I terminate it
> then
> Live Mail will open normally from the start menu. this seems to mean Live
> Mail is not shutting down correctly can I fix this without
> uninstall/reinstall.