# Windows Mail vs. Windows Live Mail **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 22, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-mail-vs-windows-live-mail/589995 "2011-07-22T16:18:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-mail-vs-windows-live-mail/589995/1 "2011-07-22T16:18:15Z")
I recently upgraded to Windows 7, IE9. Unfortunately Win7 no longer supports Windows Mail and now I’m stuck with Windows Live Mail which I do not like at all. I was very happy with the composition capabilities of WM. I could insert a photo into the body of the letter, move it around, and resize it. Now all I can do is add a slide show attachment. Blah! Are there any other email programs I can use that have the old Windows Mail features? ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-mail-vs-windows-live-mail/589995/2 "2011-07-22T16:38:57Z")
I know with Thunderbird you can plop an image into the message, not sure about moving or resizing. Wouldn’t hurt to try it out, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-mail-vs-windows-live-mail/589995/3 "2011-07-23T14:21:57Z")
You should be able to insert a picture in the body of your email with Windows Live Mail. Click on “Insert” and then “Single Photo” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-mail-vs-windows-live-mail/589995/4 "2011-07-23T14:39:06Z")
You can copy Windows Mail from a Vista machine and run it on a Windows 7 machine. > **[Windows Mail](https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/5481-windows-mail.html)** > > How to Reinstate Windows Mail in Windows 7 ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-mail-vs-windows-live-mail/589995/5 "2011-07-23T14:49:27Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > You should be able to insert a picture in the body of your email with Windows Live Mail. > > Click on “Insert” and then “Single Photo” Just tried it and it seems to work okay. A few more steps than before but I suppose I’ll get used to it. Thanks for the tip! ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-mail-vs-windows-live-mail/589995/6 "2011-07-23T20:16:40Z")
I used Live Mail only after Outlook Express finally stopped supporting Hotmail (used OE from whenever it came out, '96-'97, until then). I finally got sick of Live Mail’s, ah, gayness, and switched to regular **Outlook** (2003). Microsoft finally made a Hotmail plugin for it. Bit of a learning curve compared to something like Live Mail (or even regular Windows Mail) as Outlook is a full-on PIM and is more meant for interoffice email. Plus it can be annoyingly s-l-o-w. But it works for me…