I can open Windows Mail with Start > type in Mail > Enter, but in the directory C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail there is no .exe to run it. (wab.exe and wabmig.exe don't run Mail).
I want to make a keyboard macro, with either WinHotKay or AutoHotKey, to run Mail. What .exe should I use to create the macro?
When I double-click wab.exe in my C:\Program Files (x86) it throws up an empty Folder message that mentions Contacts. The (x86) part show you have the 64-bit version of Windows so looking in my C:\Program Files gives me the same message.
For what I do not, being able to get Properties of the Start Menu items or Tiles like we could with Shortcuts/icons can be a bit frustrating.
1. Open File Explorer and paste the following in the address bar(search):
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}
2. Press Enter. You should be greeted with a hidden folder containing a bunch of random apps and actions.
3. Find the Modern app you want to create a shortcut to. Right-click on it and choose Create shortcut. It'll show up on your desktop.
HTH,
Thanks bastet, but I couldn't get that to work
Thanks dalchina ~
<<Assuming you mean the universal app Mail as provided by Win 10, please note that universal apps use a different paradigm. They neither have exe files nor do they take parameters. Their files are not kept where you are looking but in a protected folder.>>
OK, instead of a keyboard macro I'll just do Start > mail to get run it :) . . that's hardly a difficult chore
I find Mail's slow-but-not-too-slow fade-in of letters as they're typedto be extremely attractive, don't really know why, but I like it
I have a similar problem - to get Mailwasher to (hopefully) prevent reception of excessive spam, I need to be able to 'point' Mailwasher to Win10's MAIL - how could I do that ?
Hi, have you visited Firetrust (Mailwasher's site) or tried a general search?
I found:
Using mailwasher pro with Win 10 email client - Firetrust Support Forums
I'm guessing the problem is you don't have Mail listed in the drop-down mail programs to select it as the client to be launched after 'washing' your mail.
Note the suggestions in that forum to use e.g. Thunderbird.
(I use Spamihilator- similar features, but is linked by means of the account, not the name of the program, acting purely as a mail filter. I use Pop peeper linked to Spamihilator first, which preprocesses my mail and allows me to read and reply to it, and scan multiple accounts, so in a way that combination acts rather like Mailwasher.
Then I use Thunderbird to receive, sort and store emails, also linked via its account settings to Spamihilator).
Despite the unresolved issue that I posted, I persevered with Mailwasher, and came across a statement to the effect that it could 'scan' for mail programs - and then it displayed 'emails received' - which I was able to use to TRAIN it about what spam to block. So I guess I do not need an answer to the question I asked.
I have already written above that I no longer need and answer to the question I originally posted and the reason for it.
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