Windows Live Mail in Win 7

Does anyone know if there is a way and if so how to have Windows Live Mail
open by default to Newsgroups?

I don't use it for Mail. I just use it for these newsgroups. Every time I
open it, I have to click on Newsgroups. I would like to be able to open
Windows Live Mail and have it directly open to Newsgroups.

I don't seem to be able to fine anything for that in Options.

Thanks,
Ed.

Ed

post it to the public.windows.live.mail.desktop for a comprehensive answer

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Ed." <Ed@address.invalid> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know if there is a way and if so how to have Windows Live Mail open by
> default to Newsgroups?
>
> I don't use it for Mail. I just use it for these newsgroups. Every time I open
> it, I have to click on Newsgroups. I would like to be able to open Windows Live
> Mail and have it directly open to Newsgroups.
>
> I don't seem to be able to fine anything for that in Options.
>
> Thanks,
> Ed.

OK, thank you for the reply and I will give that a try.

"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ed
>
> post it to the public.windows.live.mail.desktop for a comprehensive answer
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Ed." <Ed@address.invalid> wrote in message
> news:OgipPjxXKHA.3696@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Does anyone know if there is a way and if so how to have Windows Live
>> Mail open by default to Newsgroups?
>>
>> I don't use it for Mail. I just use it for these newsgroups. Every time
>> I open it, I have to click on Newsgroups. I would like to be able to open
>> Windows Live Mail and have it directly open to Newsgroups.
>>
>> I don't seem to be able to fine anything for that in Options.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ed.
>

"Ed." <Ed@address.invalid> wrote in message
news:OgipPjxXKHA.3696@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Does anyone know if there is a way and if so how to have Windows Live Mail
> open by default to Newsgroups?
>
> I don't use it for Mail. I just use it for these newsgroups. Every time I
> open it, I have to click on Newsgroups. I would like to be able to open
> Windows Live Mail and have it directly open to Newsgroups.
>
> I don't seem to be able to fine anything for that in Options.
>

Go to 'default programs, associate files and protocols' Under protocols you
should see news etc etc..Associate WLM with it

Bill
> Thanks,
> Ed.

Windows Live Mail's legacy function from its Outlook Express days as the
Outlook Newsreader is still available.

Simply create a short cut that starts it with the newsreader switch:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /outnews


"Ed." <Ed@address.invalid> wrote in message
news:OgipPjxXKHA.3696@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Does anyone know if there is a way and if so how to have Windows Live
> Mail open by default to Newsgroups?
>
> I don't use it for Mail. I just use it for these newsgroups. Every
> time I open it, I have to click on Newsgroups. I would like to be able
> to open Windows Live Mail and have it directly open to Newsgroups.
>
> I don't seem to be able to fine anything for that in Options.
>
> Thanks,
> Ed.

Thanks for the replies. I went to the public. windows.live.mail.desktop
newsgroup as one of you had suggested and posted. I got replies to add /news
at the end in the target path for the shortcut to Windows Live Mail.

That is working just as I wanted.

Thanks again for that applied and helped,
Ed.

"Brent" <undefined> wrote in message
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> Windows Live Mail's legacy function from its Outlook Express days as the
> Outlook Newsreader is still available.
>
> Simply create a short cut that starts it with the newsreader switch:
>
> "C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /outnews
>
>
> "Ed." <Ed@address.invalid> wrote in message
> news:OgipPjxXKHA.3696@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Does anyone know if there is a way and if so how to have Windows Live
>> Mail open by default to Newsgroups?
>>
>> I don't use it for Mail. I just use it for these newsgroups. Every time
>> I open it, I have to click on Newsgroups. I would like to be able to open
>> Windows Live Mail and have it directly open to Newsgroups.
>>
>> I don't seem to be able to fine anything for that in Options.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ed.
>
>
>