Windows Live Mail/Messenger/Writer Chinese Test Edition MSI Installation Package

by yinyin on 2007-05-31 12:13:12

Many friends have reported that the latest beta version of Windows Live Mail/Messenger/Writer released on May 30th cannot be installed on some systems, with the installer flashing and disappearing.

Now we are providing a traditional MSI package extracted from the official EXE installer, which can facilitate installation.

It installs normally on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Beta 3.

The package includes four components:

- Windows Live Mail 12.0.1184.0517 zh-CN.msi

- Windows Live Messenger 8.5.1235.0517 zh-CN.msi

- Windows Live Sign-in Assistant 4.100.313.1.msi (Windows Live login assistant, bundled with WLM 8.5)

- Windows Live Writer 12.0.1193.0524 zh-CN.msi

1. If you encounter the error "A network error occurred while attempting to read from the file: ******\wllogin.msi" during the installation of the Windows Live Sign-in Assistant, simply rename the installation file to "wllogin.msi" to resolve the issue.

2. After installing Windows Live Mail on Vista, it may fail to start and prompt an error indicating that msmail.dll failed to load. This is a bug in the program itself (as this issue has appeared in multiple previous versions) and not a problem with the MSI installer. You can try deleting the WLMail files multiple times and then perform a repair installation to resolve the issue.