Windows Mail Spell Check

How to Fix the Vista Windows Mail Spell Check Language Error​

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This will show you how to fix the Vista Windows Mail Spell Check language error:

This language is no longer available for Spell Checking. Please select another in the Spelling Options Dialogue.

If there are no languages listed in the Spell Check menu, then this will also show you how to add them back to be able to fix the error.

   Tip

Windows Mail only has the English (US), French (France), German (Germany), Spanish (International Sort) languages available to it. If you want or need a email program for languages other than these, then you might consider using the free Mozilla Thunderbird instead. See: Mozilla Thunderbird Language Versions

Here's How:

1. Click on Tools on the menu bar in the main default Windows Mail window. (See screenshot below)​

NOTE: Do not click on Tools from within a compose email message window. You will not see Options if you do. The main default Windows Mail window is the window that Windows Mail opens to when it is first opened. (Inbox)​

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2. Click on Options.​

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3. Click on the Spelling tab. (See screenshot below step 4)​

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4. Choose another language other than English, or your current language, from the drop down menu under the Language line.​

   Note

If there are no languages listed, then do to the bullet steps below. If there is, then go to step 5 instead.

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• Close Windows Mail.
• Click on the download button below to download and save Languages.reg to the desktop.

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• Right click on the Languages.reg file (on desktop) and click on Merge.
• Click on Run in the Security Warning pop-up.
• Click on the Continue button in the UAC prompt.
• Click on Yes and OK at the confirmation windows.
• When done, delete the Languages.reg file (on desktop) if you like.
• Go back to do step 1 above again.

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5. Click on Apply. (See screenshot above)​

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6. Now choose English or your original language again.​

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7. Click on Apply.​

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8. Click on OK to close window.​

NOTE: It has been reported that in some rare cases you will need to repeat these steps again for it to work.​

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That's it,
Shawn

Related Tutorials

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• How to Fix Most Problems with Vista's "Windows Mail"
• How to Edit a Word in the Spell Checker Custom Dictionary in Windows Mail
• How to Enable Always Check Spelling Before Sending Message in Windows Mail

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Cushlamine, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Shawn

 

[panais]

I will give it a try.
Vista sp1

Works fine.
Nice i need this because English is not my native language.
Thanks Brink

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Panais.

LOL, I need spell check for other reasons (:huh.

Shawn

 

[graspingwealth]

Way to e z Thanks

 

[Brink]

You're welcome GraspingWealth, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Shawn

 

[storiemakr]

A HUGE Thank you! That worked just great!!

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Storiemakr, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Shawn

 

[nmacheska]

Hi,

I already checked this out on MS Communities and I have them stumped. My spell check suddenly stopped working. The messages I'm getting are: (1) When I click on "abc"= "An error occurred while spelling was being checked." (2) When I go to "send" a message: "The spell check on htis document was halted"

I'm using Windows Mail and have Norton 360 version 2. I already checked with Norton and they uninstalled Nortons and I was getting the same messages during spellcheck. So the tech reinstalled it. I checked with Dell (my computer is Dell) and they also shared my computer and were unable to help me. I checked wih Verizon my ISP and they couldn't help me.

I installed WLM and my folders came over but there was nothing in them. I did a manual import and some folder came over ok and still nothing in others. I uninstalled WLM through the Control Panel using Programs & Features.

Does anyone have any other ideas? Gary has been helping me out a lot and he said that in the 22 months he's been doing this, this is the first time nothing has worked.

Please I need help. I need to use my WM spellcheck.

Thank You.

Nadia Macheska

 

[Brink]

Hello Nadia,

You might give PROBLEM TWO a try with only using Option One for a backup below to reset Windows Mail to see if that can help.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/62560-windows-mail-problems.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[nmacheska]

Hi Brink,

Thanks for such a quick response. I read through what the info said in the links that you provided me. First of all, I an not computer literate at all. I can just do basic things--very basic. It seems so complicated and I am afraid to do it because I'll mess something up and then everything will be gone or I won't be able to find the things I backed up. I'm really afraid to try this.

I do have a cousin that's pretty computer literate but he lives 2 hrs from me and doesn't come in often and when he does, he can't stay very long. I will try to see if he could guide me through this the next time he comes in.

Hopefully, this will work and my WM will be working fine again. Thanks for all your help. I really appreciate it.

 

[Brink]

Ok Nadia. Post back when you two are ready to try it. I'll be happy to help with it.

 

[nmacheska]

Thanks Brink I really appreciate all your help. Have a nice Holiday

 

[Brink]

You're welcome, and I hope you have a Merry Christmas as well Nadia.

 

[Dorothy Gessman]

Good Morning!

THANKS so much for this FIX! Hooray! Finally I have my Spell-check back!

I have had this wonderful HP Touchscreen since Sept. 29th. Unfortunately, it is loaded with VISTA :sa:

I am working on a Master's Degree (Nursing) online, and have not had the time to "fix" so many things! I do not need Spell-check because I can not spell, but that I type so darn fast and often, my hands lag behind what I am thinking!

Today is the first day of my "Winter Break" and I have 3 weeks off. Do you think I can fix everything that is so aggravatingly wrong with this system?

The next issue is how to SPEED UP the start-up! I have already taken out everything so that my desktop is, "bare bones," and I have removed all of the pre-loaded software from HP (purchased from HP).
I guess I will search your pages here to find discussion on SPEED?

Thanks again for your help.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANNUKAH< HAPPY KWANZAA, PEACE!

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Dorothy, and have a merry Christmas.

This will help with your speed and performance issue:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/81176-speed-up-performance-vista.html

Shawn

 

[nmacheska]

Good Morning!

THANKS so much for this FIX! Hooray! Finally I have my Spell-check back!

I have had this wonderful HP Touchscreen since Sept. 29th. Unfortunately, it is loaded with VISTA :sa:

I am working on a Master's Degree (Nursing) online, and have not had the time to "fix" so many things! I do not need Spell-check because I can not spell, but that I type so darn fast and often, my hands lag behind what I am thinking!

Today is the first day of my "Winter Break" and I have 3 weeks off. Do you think I can fix everything that is so aggravatingly wrong with this system?

The next issue is how to SPEED UP the start-up! I have already taken out everything so that my desktop is, "bare bones," and I have removed all of the pre-loaded software from HP (purchased from HP).
I guess I will search your pages here to find discussion on SPEED?

Thanks again for your help.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANNUKAH< HAPPY KWANZAA, PEACE!

Hi Dorothy,

Thanks for sending me the fix for spellcheck. But I was wondering if you had the same spellcheck problem as I have. My spellcheck gives me a different message than the tutorial on the link that you provided. My language is ok--that is when my spell check was working. My spell check give me 2 error messages: (1) an error occurred while spelling was being checked and (2) The spell check on this document was halted. Did your spellcheck give you the same messages?

Thanks,

 

[nmacheska]

Ok Nadia. Post back when you two are ready to try it. I'll be happy to help with it.

Hi Brink,

Thanks for your offer. I did see my cousin on Friday for a very short period and explained what you said. He said that "he" wouldn't try to do anything ro fix the spell check problem. He suggested (as one of he Dell Techs did)--write your message, then copy and paste to MS Word, use that spellcheck then if no errors send email message, if errors, fix them then copy and paste to email and send. I have been doing that but I just can't understand "why" all of a sudden WM spellcheck keeps on giving me those two different error messages.

Thanks again,

Nadia

 

[Brink]

Hello Nadia,

Well, that's his choice of course.

If it is still giving you these errors after applying the tutorial, then I would recommend to use the free Windows Live Mail instead. It is much more stable and better in my opinion. You can read more about it and download it from the link below if you're interested in it.

http://www.vistax64.com/windows-live/92348-windows-live-suite-downloads.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[nmacheska]

Hello Nadia,

Well, that's his choice of course.

If it is still giving you these errors after applying the tutorial, then I would recommend to use the free Windows Live Mail instead. It is much more stable and better in my opinion. You can read more about it and download it from the link below if you're interested in it.

http://www.vistax64.com/windows-live/92348-windows-live-suite-downloads.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Hi Brink,

I understand that WLM is coming out with a new version soon. Do you have any updated info on when it will be out. I tried to download WLM and all my folders came over but not all of them had messages in them. For instance, my Inbox and nothing in it plus several others had nothing in it. Some folders however did have messages. I even tried to manually import them from WM but the same thing happened with the same folders. Some had messages and some didn't so Gary V. advised me to wait for the new version.

 

[Brink]

Nadia,

I'm not sure when the newest beta WLM version will be released as a non-beta yet, but the beta version works great for me.

You might see if you can forward the email messages from Windows Mail to yourself, then see if you can Send/Receive (sync) them in WLM when you check the email.