The Mail icon will appear in Control panel only if you have Outlook installed.

Gary VanderMolen

"Cal Bear '66" <xxx@xxx.org> wrote in message news:11129455-488A-40BB-9D85-A62DF344FF8E@microsoft.com...
> No Mail or Windows Mail icon in my Vista Ultimate x86 Control Panel.
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> "Scott" <Scott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:674FCC14-4976-4825-A8E1-A11D035EE268@microsoft.com...
>> Anyone -
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>> I'm desperate for help (after spending 3 hours 41 minutes straight on the
>> phone with someone from microsoft support and no results). I'm using vista
>> ultimate and office 2003 pro.
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>> Apparently in Vista, there is supposed to be a mail icon in the control
>> panel. However, there wasn't one in mine so the microsoft support guy tried
>> to get it to reappear. I eventually gave up and did a complete system
>> recovery yesterday, but there is still no mail icon.
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>> Can somebody please tell me where the mail icon should be and what it is
>> for? Also, I would really appreciate any suggestions about how to get it to
>> appear or find it.
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>> Thanks for your time.
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>> Scott
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