Mitigations and Remedies Mitigation(s) Users should install Windows Live Mail or any other mail product that is able to read .eml and .nws files. Solution(s) Detect if there is a default mail handler installed. If not, advise user to install Windows Live Mail or any other product that is able to read .eml and .nws files. Do not design code that calls the Windows Mail UI API, since it will not work. You must find other ways to access the .eml and .nws files. In addition, as soon as is feasible, discontinue your reliance on all other Windows Mail APIs. Compatibility, performance, reliability, and usability tests Exercise your application in a Windows 7 environment to ensure that the application does not try to call the UI API.
Mitigations and Remedies Mitigation(s) Users should install Windows Live Mail or any other mail product that is able to read .eml and .nws files. Solution(s) Detect if there is a default mail handler installed. If not, advise user to install Windows Live Mail or any other product that is able to read .eml and .nws files. Do not design code that calls the Windows Mail UI API, since it will not work. You must find other ways to access the .eml and .nws files. In addition, as soon as is feasible, discontinue your reliance on all other Windows Mail APIs. Compatibility, performance, reliability, and usability tests Exercise your application in a Windows 7 environment to ensure that the application does not try to call the UI API.
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