Thread: Snap

Mike,

My advice here would be to Uninstall & Re-install the Mail APP.

Rt Clk it > Uninstall icon, Bar @ the bottom. Got Store, find Mail App, click it & hit Install.

That said, FWIW, we have never been very impressed w/ the Mail APP & have recommended some other (traditional) mail handler be used instead such as WL Mail, Outlook.com or MS Office Outlook.

And, might be a good time to remind... Charms & Settings go with whatever APP being run @ any given time, synced or dedicated to that particular APP.

Cheers,
Drew

Hi Drew,

Yeah I finally figure that out.

I think I'll just stick with Windows Live Mail, it's working great.

Mike

TDB,

This epic saga w/ tanzanos has raged for a long time. I, for one, gave up on it a while ago. We have responded to all of it in detail several times in several ways. All the technologies, methodologies, Features, all the new things, enhancements & improvements, the items specifically geared towards business environments... all of it. We have articulated ways that go straight to Desktop w/ the greatest of ease & speed; we have offered ways to totally avoid using the Start screen & Tiles, if one wants to do that; we have listed all the overt & all the under-the-covers; we have addressed comparisons to prior Windows; we have explained reasons for changes in the computing landscape, exemplified by Windows 8; we have stated that it IS & can be easy fun & productive to use. No matter any of our efforts does anything help & nothing changes... just keeps coming back @ everything or after everything w/ "not intuitive", more about start & UI and recently something about Search in both 7 and 8... the latter remains a complete mystery.

Anyway, have fun, all the more power to you, knock yourself out. You have our empathy & sympathy, we're routing for you, kudos for trying, mind you don't get too frustrated trying, though.

IF, you take no console from those 'in the know', don't try (w/out a chip on your shoulder) to learn & discover something for yourself then, yeah, maybe it'll never feel intuitive.

For some, like myself, we come to feel so 'at home' w/ Windows 8 could likely run all over the place in it w/ our eyes shut.

Anyway, can't help but, have a head & brick wall image come to mind. I can't feel like I'm being rash, mean, hash, not allowing for opinions or anything of the sort because, myself, I, already, put heaps of time, thought, caring & effort into this one; so have others.

It's not only been repetitious, but, has become monotonous and exhausting. We can't be condemned because we have really tried. Tag, you're it, now, I guess. Best of luck, mate.

Cheers,
Drew

I'm feeling a strong pull urging me toward Classic Shell.
But I'm going to stick with this for a couple of days at least.

Mike

LOL, there you go, Mike

Folks, remember, there is no obligation to use an APP just cus it exists. Windows is a world of choices & options. Store APPs are an addition to that world... most do not coerce 'instead', not forced replacements of stuff we, already, have.

Cheers,
Drew

Mike check your PMs

lol, I know Drew, that's also the reason I asked him what made it bad. But to be honest, the items he responded are no disadvantage of Windows 8. It just works diffirently, and from my point of view, better. Now he can say blabla & blabla & blabla. In the end it always comes to the same. Boot doesn't goes to desktop, lack of classic Start Menu & search being lesser...

Those items are no disadvantages but more enhancements as they fasten the way you can work with your system. Start Screen offers much more ease to work with. To be honest, I truly don't miss the classic Start Menu, I've found how much easier it is to work with the Start Screen. No idea how he searches, but the search within Windows 8 works lots faster on my end & finds items much better...

I won't go any further into this with him, I help more then enough people with Windows/Mac's, as I'm a pc technician.
It feels like the people who insistantly wants a MAC (which in there case a MAC wouldn't be appropriate) & when they have it they come back (a month later or sooner) complaining that they can't run the software they need for there business... We told them about it before they bought it, but, people have libberty to choose & they have choosen... wrongly in there case

For the record, I rather help people & won't feed the troll in here (a)

'TDB' (Hate not knowing a person's name)

Yeah, interesting, eh?... you turn the question around and still get the same answer, lol.

1st of all, I am, also, an IT tech/consultant. W/out rehashing each point you've made suffice to say I agree.

It's just different. <--- bit of a 'so what' there. And, yes, better for all the reasons & in all the ways you (& I, before) have stated.
Been trying to tell people it (Win8) is nice and actually better in many ways, for many reasons on many levels for a long time. But, yeah, it sure is easy, quick & fun to use. Does the job well.

Myself, really, I'd pretty much quit using the pre-Win8 start orb & menu long before Win8. In 8 I use the odd APP but, I really, don't use the Start screen. I have a window, equivalent to WinQ, on the Desktop (Taskbar) & access everything from there. Might go to Start occasionally or for a Search... just kinda depends what my fingers do @ that moment, LOL.

As for MACs. They are good, very pricey, no joke to repair, off on their own planet and don't offer much room for customization or personalizing. Most, though, it is indeed a compatibility issue. I always tell clients, they are good but, they don't play well w/ others.

And then there are all the folks who think MACs are immune... OMG, what an immense myth!!

Yep, better to help people when we can, then waste time, space & writing, when we can't

Cheers,
Drew