Is it possible to uninstall Windows mail?

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Why would I want to? Well, I do not use the program at all. I am trying to
fine tune the performance of my new pc and winmail.exe just sits in the
background taking up space.
 
tedplane said:
Why would I want to? Well, I do not use the program at all. I am trying to
fine tune the performance of my new pc and winmail.exe just sits in the
background taking up space.
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Unless you have actively configured your system to start Windows Mail
ie. added a shortcut to the Startup Folder, it is not started by the system
and therefore does not take up space apart from it's presence on
your hard drive which is not a performance issue.

If you have added its shortcut to the Startup Folder simply delete it.

A useful tool for tuning your PC is the Autoruns utility...
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/AutoRuns.mspx
Install the utility and you will give yourself the opportunity to
fine tune what does get loaded at IPL time, ie. identify and disable
the junkware that PC manufacturers are paid to include even though
it may be detrimental to the perfomance, stability and security of
your system.
 
I beg to differ. My startup folder is totally empty. And yet Winmail.exe
still shows in Taskmanager. It is taking up 3,942 K of memory (private
working set.) I have a screen shot of this if you would like to see it.
 
The Startup folder is not the only place where programs are started.
Download autoruns and find out where winmail.exe is getting the start
command.
--
Ronald Sommer

:I beg to differ. My startup folder is totally empty. And yet Winmail.exe
: still shows in Taskmanager. It is taking up 3,942 K of memory (private
: working set.) I have a screen shot of this if you would like to see it.
:
: "Julian" wrote:
:
: >
: >
: > : > > Why would I want to? Well, I do not use the program at all. I am
trying to
: > > fine tune the performance of my new pc and winmail.exe just sits in
the
: > > background taking up space.
: >
: > Unless you have actively configured your system to start Windows Mail
: > ie. added a shortcut to the Startup Folder, it is not started by the
system
: > and therefore does not take up space apart from it's presence on
: > your hard drive which is not a performance issue.
: >
: > If you have added its shortcut to the Startup Folder simply delete it.
: >
: > A useful tool for tuning your PC is the Autoruns utility...
: > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/AutoRuns.mspx
: > Install the utility and you will give yourself the opportunity to
: > fine tune what does get loaded at IPL time, ie. identify and disable
: > the junkware that PC manufacturers are paid to include even though
: > it may be detrimental to the perfomance, stability and security of
: > your system.
: >
: >
: > > "Julian" wrote:
: > >
: > >>
: > >>
: > >> : > >> > Is it possible to uninstall Windows mail?
: > >>
: > >> No.
: > >>
: > >> Why would you want to?
: > >>
 
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