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
5ceacb67a49a35662a61ff13d05f45b0
DLL
d1196e48682a0df632058f066d2cb702
DLL
135c429e99b71d1950b4810044cd640b
DLL
1449a1d7302911d22ac4fac18cf6f6a9
DLL
4d7127257bf9eceab96dcb8e28d128a0
DLL
b8f3567cc301e96a57566dfa22a3837a
DLL
46a605f5f0ae874ccbad2af4fccae074
DLL
a416c790bf9914fc7feb8129334cfabd
DLL
938421b4d5ee411b653b14afc0d29599
DLL
5f5b5eb7250dcafa1674d81d110abb3f