Open mail in a normal window from IE7 ?

> Is your question about clicking the "Read Mail" button on Internet
> Explorer 7? If so, that will open the default mail program in a normal
> window. If you do not see that behavior, I would suspect you have several
> mail clients installed and the default mail client is not set to Windows
> Mail.
> --
> Jim Pickering
> MVP-Windows Mail applications
> Please reply only to the newsgroup.
>
> "Bob" <luna5nospam@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:78D89D69-B346-46A3-980D-2805D785AE67@microsoft.com...

>>I can open the mail program in a "normal" window by clicking on it's
>>shortcut in the quick run bar but opening it from IE7 results in it being
>>minimized to the task bar. is there a way to open in a normal window from
>>the IE7 tool bar icon?
>> Thanks,
>> Bob

>
>

> My Windows Mail is set a the default and it's the only email program on the
> computer. Clicking the "read mail" button on IE7 causes Windows Mail to open
> minimized to the task bar. When I had XP and IE7 the mail program always
> opened in a normal window. No idea why that's changed now.
> Thanks,
> Bob
> "Jim Pickering" <jimpickering@noplace.invalid> wrote in message
> news:35470D5F-3CDC-4A66-BEC2-B22CC342DFE2@microsoft.com...

> > Is your question about clicking the "Read Mail" button on Internet
> > Explorer 7? If so, that will open the default mail program in a normal
> > window. If you do not see that behavior, I would suspect you have several
> > mail clients installed and the default mail client is not set to Windows
> > Mail.
> > --
> > Jim Pickering
> > MVP-Windows Mail applications
> > Please reply only to the newsgroup.
> >
> > "Bob" <luna5nospam@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > news:78D89D69-B346-46A3-980D-2805D785AE67@microsoft.com...

> >>I can open the mail program in a "normal" window by clicking on it's
> >>shortcut in the quick run bar but opening it from IE7 results in it being
> >>minimized to the task bar. is there a way to open in a normal window from
> >>the IE7 tool bar icon?
> >> Thanks,
> >> Bob

> >
> >

>
>

>I had the same problem. When I clicked on Read Mail in IE7 (with Vista
> Windows Email), the window didn't open as a normal window. It was
> minimized
> to the Task Bar. Also, my Messages Received were not automatically
> downloading when I opened Windows Mail.
>
> To fix it, try this: In Windows Mail, go to Tools, Options, General Tab.
> Make sure that there is a checkmark in the box for "Automatically display
> folders with unread messages." Hope this helps.
>
> "Bob" wrote:
>

>> My Windows Mail is set a the default and it's the only email program on
>> the
>> computer. Clicking the "read mail" button on IE7 causes Windows Mail to
>> open
>> minimized to the task bar. When I had XP and IE7 the mail program always
>> opened in a normal window. No idea why that's changed now.
>> Thanks,
>> Bob
>> "Jim Pickering" <jimpickering@noplace.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:35470D5F-3CDC-4A66-BEC2-B22CC342DFE2@microsoft.com...

>> > Is your question about clicking the "Read Mail" button on Internet
>> > Explorer 7? If so, that will open the default mail program in a normal
>> > window. If you do not see that behavior, I would suspect you have
>> > several
>> > mail clients installed and the default mail client is not set to
>> > Windows
>> > Mail.
>> > --
>> > Jim Pickering
>> > MVP-Windows Mail applications
>> > Please reply only to the newsgroup.
>> >
>> > "Bob" <luna5nospam@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> > news:78D89D69-B346-46A3-980D-2805D785AE67@microsoft.com...
>> >>I can open the mail program in a "normal" window by clicking on it's
>> >>shortcut in the quick run bar but opening it from IE7 results in it
>> >>being
>> >>minimized to the task bar. is there a way to open in a normal window
>> >>from
>> >>the IE7 tool bar icon?
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Bob
>> >
>> >

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