When I am in Windows Live Photo Gallery and select "Photo Email: send photo as attachment", the "Preparing Files" box pops up. I select the size, the box disappears, and that's it! No email with files attached is created, and no error message occurs, it just disappears without a trace.

I use Windows Live Mail as my mail client with my Gmail accounts set up in it and I send and receive mail no problem. I am able to attach pictures to emails within Windows Live Mail.

If I right click on a picture in File Explorer (my computer) and select "send to: Mail Recipient" it opens an email with the picture in it and it wants to send it to Skydrive (I don't want to do that)!

they are jpg's.

build version 15.4.3538.513

it happens every time and I have never sent photo mail successfully from Windows Live Photo Gallery.

please help

thanks