Hi Wiffy,
This IS possible, but it involves editing the registry. To do so, follow these instructions.
1) Close 'Windows Mail'. You can also leave this open, but changes will not take place until you restart this program.
2) Open the 'Registry Editor' by clicking on the start orb and typing 'regedit' into the search box and then pressing enter/return.
3) Browse to the following key: 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Mail'.
4) In the right hand column there are 2 entries, viz 'Font Name' and 'Font Size'. It is these that determine the default settings.
5) For example, to change the default font to 'Batang', right click on 'Font Name' and select 'Modify...'. In the 'Edit String' dialogue, type 'Batang' in the box under 'Value data:' and click 'OK'.
6) Likewise, to change the default font size, right click on 'Font Size' and select 'Modify...'. In the 'Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value' dialogue, click the required option under 'Base' and then enter the required value into the box under 'Value data:'. Click 'OK'.
7) Finally, close the 'Registry Editor'.
8) When you next open 'Windows Mail', the default font settings will be changed to what you have set them to according to the above instructions.
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Mail]
"Font Size"=dword:0000000c
"Font Name"="Batang"
This piece of code sets the default font to 'Batang' with a size of 12. You can change the font name and size to whatever you choose.
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Mail]
"Font Size"=dword:00000009
"Font Name"="Arial"
This code reverts the font settings back to their defaults.
Copy and paste these bits of code SEPARATELY into 'Notepad' and save them with a '.reg' extension. Give them meaningful names for example, 'Mail Batang 12.reg' and 'Mail Default.reg' respectively. You can then click on these files to merge them into the registry. Note that you will need to repeat the procedure for each user separately.
Code:
@ECHO OFF
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Mail" /v "Font Size" /t REG_DWORD /d 0x[COLOR=red]00000009[/COLOR] /f
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Mail" /v "Font Name" /t REG_SZ /d [COLOR=red]Arial[/COLOR] /f
START WinMail
If you wish to automate the procedure, copy the code above into 'Notepad' and save it with a '.bat' extension. Give it a meaningful name. If you wish, save a number of copies of this so that you can start 'Windows Mail' automatically with the required font settings without having to delve into the registry every time. For example, the code above could be called 'Mail Default.bat'. Note that the details highlighted in
RED are the only things that need changing to suit your requirements. If the font name includes a SPACE (e.g. 'Arial Black'), then it will need enclosing in quotation marks ("Arial Black").
Code:
@ECHO OFF
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Mail" /v "Font Size" /t REG_DWORD /d 0x[COLOR=red]0000000c[/COLOR] /f
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Mail" /v "Font Name" /t REG_SZ /d [COLOR=red]Batang[/COLOR] /f
START WinMail
This code could be saved as 'Mail Batang 12.bat'.
Hopefully, this should help you.
Dwarf
