Re: Spelling Checker Uncooperative

Sorry to be thick, but whereabouts on the computer will I find C:\USers\ etc?

"Dave" wrote:

The user dictionary is located at
C:\Users\(youraccount)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail
it's named UserDictionary.lex
and is a text file that can be edited.

\AppData is normally hidden

In the newer Windows Live Mail, the user dictionary is easily edited from
within the program.


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"Maggie" <Maggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This didn't work for me. My specific problem is that I have somehow
changed
the accepted spelling of 'to' to 'ot' & can't remember how to change it
back.
I have tried several of the ideas suggested & can't get back to the tool
that will do the trick. Any ideas? (on Vista)

"Doug Parrish" wrote:

Hi, Bob...

Actually, I have tried all the remedies suggested here...resetting it to
English after choosing another language, re-booting...all that good
stuff.
And still the spellchecker refuses to re-engage with Windows Mail. It
works
fine in WORD 2007, so it's something specific to WM. I have to think that
the power outage corrupted an integral file in WM.

My work-around is now to CTRL-A the email, COPY it, PASTE it into a blank
document in WORD 2007, run the spellchecker, then COPY it once more, then
PASTE it back into WM and send it. Cumbersome? Yes. Effective? Yes.

Maybe with this exchange, MS will figure out a way to re-install the
email
client without having VISTA tumble down around my ankles!

Thank you once again.

Doug Parrish
Howell MI

<robertmiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Windows Mail is very difficult to reinstall without also reinstalling
the
rest
of Vista.

However, Windows Mail comes with the default language for spelling
checks partly set to English, but not enough to work. To correct this,
start Windows Mail, then click Tools, then Options, then Spelling, then
the triangle to the right of the language, then any language except
English, then Apply, then the triangle again, then English, then Apply
again. If you want to check spelling in all outgoing messages, and
there
is no checkmark in the box before Always check spelling before
sending, click on this box, then Apply. Click on OK.

"Doug Parrish" <Doug Parrish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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Thanks much, Joe. I have a very large UsersDictionary.lex file, so I
renamed
it simply OLD_UsersDictionary.lex and left it in the folder. WM
created a
new
one, of course, but that has, unfortunately, not reconnected the
spellchecker
to WM. Do you know whether it is possible to reinstall WM from the MS
website?

Thanks again.
Doug Parrish

"Joe" wrote:

I had this problem. It started after I edited my Windows Mail user
dictionary
in Notepad after mistakenly adding a mispelt word. To cure the broken
spellchecker I simply deleted the user dictionary (which luckily only
had
four words in it), which is called UserDictionary.lex, and is found
here:

C:\Users\yourusernamel\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail

Note that this is a separate user dictionary to the one in Word.
After
deleting my user dictionary in Windows Mail my spell checker worked
fine
again. The UserDictionary.lex file is recreated next time you add a
word.


"Doug Parrish" wrote:

So far, none of these great suggestions has worked! The hook
between
the
program and the spellchecker has been broken, apparently. However,
the
spellchecker does work in WORD 2007, so this is a problem specific
only to
Windows Mail at this point. Would the set-up disk allow me to
re-install WM?
Thanks again.

Doug Parrish

" mac" <macknever@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Doug Parrish" <dkparrish@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"An error occurred while the spelling was being checked." After
a
short
power failure (2 or 3 seconds) while Windows Mail as open and
being
used,
this message now appears over each and every email I send. I
have
reset
the default language to English, but that doesn't remedy it.
Does
anyone
have any ideas?

Thanks much.

Doug Parrish
Howell MI

Try selecting/highlighting all the text to be checked, and hit
the
F7 key
on the top row?

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS]
http://www.getsafeonline.org/








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