All your accounts, folders and emails will now be in place. Place that folder on the Windows 8 PC in the same location. On your old PC, go to the same folder (remember to click 'Folder options,' 'View,' 'View hidden files') and copy the Windows Live Mail folder to a flash or USB drive. You will need to turn on the 'Hidden items' view by clicking 'View' and checking 'Hidden items.' Rename the existing Windows Live Mail folder to Windows Live Mail_EMPTY. Using File Explorer, go to C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Microsoft (replace 'John' with your user id name).
Run Windows Live Mail, but cancel out when it asks for account information. Windows Live Mail 2012 works on Windows 8 and can be downloaded as part of the Microsoft Live Essentials 2012 package ().įor any Windows Live Mail users moving to a Windows 8 PC, here is how to make the transition as easy as possible: Install Windows Live Mail 2012 on your new Windows 8 PC. Is there any way that I can get Windows Mail to work on Windows 8? Everything went smoothly until I tried running WinMail.exe, but it would not run. So I looked for a way to make Vista's Windows Mail work on Windows 8. Recently, I changed to Windows 8 and found Windows 8 Mail to be dreadful.
