Windows Live Mail

Windows Live Mail

by Microsoft Corporation

What is Windows Live Mail?

Windows Live Mail is software application developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows Vista with nearly 54.93% of installations running this operating system. Windows Live Mail's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 48 files. The most common release is 12.0.1606.1023 with 90.26% of all installations currently using this version.

Windows Live Mail is most popular in the United States with 49.5% of installations residing in this country.

Windows Live Mail adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Windows Live Mail is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Windows Live Mail?

Windows Live Mail is a no-cost email client developed by Microsoft, serving as the successor to Outlook Express on Windows XP and Windows Mail on Windows Vista. The application can be downloaded as part of the Windows Essentials suite.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • wlmail.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • wlmail.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{8C3A23E7-C1C4-4412-A7F2-F8029E722715}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • wlmail.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Windows Live Mail.
Registry entries:
  • wlmail.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Windows Live Mail' and executes as C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe.

Software Details

URL:
https://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/essentials
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Windows\Installer\{583EF20C-4DD0-43B0-8178-F0E8F76BBB09}
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /I{70854FE6-3BF1-4C69-94D0-BEB821102E34}
Size:
1.00 MB
Language:
English

Windows Live Mail Executable Details

Primary executable:
wlmail.exe
Name:
Windows Live Mail
Path:
C:\Windows\Installer\{583EF20C-4DD0-43B0-8178-F0E8F76BBB09}\wlmail.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Windows Live Mail
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
ea898849f33eb1b0f94396f5b747ac2f
DLL
d362eae88b33d7f72cc7cbe3d73fe2d8
DLL
1dfaadc120a5de1e15c875472cb21237
EXE
e68dd514cf4b2d765d22adf70a5b9ce7
DLL
3cb8721a3c40c2e8a5ff98944918d9cd
DLL
8ef91916d661d7ffda727c6166ba0420
DLL
f06fdcf24265420c4ddd339b35fbbdc1
DLL
40554d8828d1d436a7f484c4bc930e94
DLL
4ed43b6efbd4e8f03128a179e959e1d9
DLL
19ed9f46364353405f3704a048e08bdd