How To Install Windows Mail On Windows 8 For POP And IMAPRecently, I replaced one of my home laptops with a new Acer Aspire V5 Ultrabook laptop. This laptop packs plenty of features including an LED backlit screen and keyboard, 8. GB RAM, 1. TB hard drive and a touchscreen LCD with Windows 8. This is my first PC with Windows 8 and the touchscreen is a nice feature to have when using the Modern tile interface. The touchscreen is a bit awkward to use because of the physical keyboard below the screen. If this was a tablet, itd be perfect. Since this is my first experience with Windows 8, it took some time to get used to where things are and how this operating system works. I had to Google how to do simple things like how to turn off the laptop. This article describes the manner in which you can fix Windows Live Mail simply by making the proper request with the program. Original title windows mail on W8 to windows live mail I hate the mail program on my new laptop, Windows 8. How can I change the email program to Windows Live Mail. Windows Live Mail Converter is capable solution to Convert, Migrate Windows Live Mail Emails to PDF, PST, MBOX, EMLX, HTML, RTF, MSG, MBX, etc. Export Windows Live. Try the Windows 10 beta safely Here are the hardware requirements, and howtos for preparing virtual machines and partitioned hard drives. How to Install Windows Live Mail in Windows 7, Email Software is not included in Windows 7, Windows Live Mail is Free to Download and Install, Learn How. It wasnt very intuitive. But Im past that now. Even the desktop interface has a few quirks that Im still slowly getting used to. However, when it came to really putting this laptop to work and retiring my old Dell Studio 1. I ran into a few more issues. Where Is Windows Mail One issue I ran into was getting my email on this laptop. Windows 8 comes with a Mail app in the tile interface. To set that up, I needed a Windows Live email account. I didnt really want to do that but at the time, it was the only way I thought I could get mail on this computer. I didnt have a current version of Outlook to install so I set up the Mail app. When I finally got it working, it wasnt exactly what I wanted. It was more like a web based email client. I was used to the interface in Outlook and Windows Mail. The Mail app is great if I was on tablet but again, this isnt a tablet. On my old laptop, I was using the Windows Mail program that came free with Windows Vista. I kept searching the hard drive but there was no Windows Mail program. The good news is that after about a week of searching the internet, I finally found out how to get Windows Mail onto my Windows 8 laptop. Where To Get Windows Mail For Windows 8 I believe that Windows Mail and a few other familiar programs that came pre installed in XP, Vista and Windows 7 were left out on Windows 8 because Microsoft wants people to really start adopting their tile interface instead of the desktop. This doesnt really help people like me who want to use my computer as a traditional computer, not a tablet. There were several solutions I found from different websites that were really technical and involved moving and renaming files and other things that I didnt want to do with a brand new laptop. Install Windows Live Mail Windows 10' title='Install Windows Live Mail Windows 10' />Outlook. Windows Live Mail 2012. Ill look at what that really means, and outline some options Microsoft failed to mention. We dont have any change log information yet for version 2009 of Windows Live Mail. Sometimes publishers take a little while to make this information available, so. Dont like the default Mail app in Windows 10 Follow this guide to download, install and setup Windows Live Mail program in Windows 10 with ease. Now that I know how to do it, its really quite simple. However, Microsoft doesnt make it easy to figure out. Now that I think about it, the answer I was looking for mightve been in the owners manual which by the way is still sealed but I never looked. Now one more thing before I get to the solution, the program that is equivilant to Windows Mail is now called Windows Live Mail. I think when you install it, youll be pleasantly surprised that it is very similar to the old Windows Mail. And despite the name, you dont need a Windows Live account to set it up or get started To download, youll need Windows Live Essentials 2. Install Windows Live Mail Windows 10' title='Install Windows Live Mail Windows 10' />Microsoft. Heres the link http windows. Just click Download and save the installer to your hard drive. Install Blueonyx Centos. Then launch the installer and choose the recommended installation. Here are the applications included in Windows Live Essentials 2. Photo Gallery. Movie Maker. Mail. Microsoft Sky. Drive. Skype MessengerWriter. Family Safety. Launching Windows Live Mail. To be honest, the only program I needed was Windows Live Mail. This program is completely different than the app that is launched in the tile interface. Once you install Windows Live Essentials 2. Windows Live Mail on your computer by going to Windows C Program Files x. Windows Live Mail wlmail. Thats quite a few steps just to launch an application. Because Windows 8 no longer has a Start button, you have to launch that way unless you create a shortcut on your Taskbar like I did. A Faster Way To Launch Windows Live Mail. Without the familiar Windows Start button, access to applications isnt quite as easy as it was with prior operating systems. Heres how I created a shortcut on the Taskbar for easy launch. All you have to do is right click  on the wlmail icon, click Create Shortcut. Click Yes to create shortcut on Desktop. You can simply leave it there or just drag the shortcut icon into the taskbar at the bottom of the screen. I like to have my main programs in the taskbar because I can launch programs with one click. When you launch Windows Live Mail, youll have to enter your server information from your email accounts before you can start using it. This is just the joy of owning a new computer But the great thing is that you can use either POP or IMAP protocols with Windows Live Mail. Starting Windows Live Mail From The Tile Interface. Heres another timesaver you may want to use to launch the Windows Live Mail application, especially if you like to use the new Modern tile interface. You can actually have a tile that appears on the main Windows 8 icon screen but dont get it confused with the Mail app. Heres how you do it. Starting with the first step when we created a desktop short cut, right click on wlmail in Windows Explorer. Click on Pin to Start. Now when you go to the tile interface, youll see a shortcut for the newly installed Windows Live Mail One Last Thing So You Dont Go Crazy. Once you get Windows Live Mail setup and running on your computer, you might think everything is great until you start reading your emails and find that images dont load in HTML based messages. Heres the solution to keep you from yelling at your computer. With Windows Live Mail open, click on File at the top left of the application window. When the next window pops up, click on Options Safety options. After you click Safety options, a new window will pop up. Click on Security at the top of the window. Then in the section titled Download Images, uncheck Block images. Then check Show images. Make sure your settings look like mine. Thats pretty much it Hopefully this tutorial helps you get back on track with your emails on Windows 8.