Window Live Mail 2012 photo mail

I am trying to fix an issue with my grandfather's e-mail. So here is the situation layed out. He loves e-mailing photo's by opening up his folder on his desktop, selecting the photos he wants to send, and then within the folder clicking email. Now, he only does this once a year after vacation. However, this year when he does this it defaults to photo album and the E-mail gets stuck in the outbox. I am trying to find a way to either get this default format to work, or change the default format to attachments instead. I have tried unchecking the box next to convert messages to photo E-mails when sending photos. This either did not work or does not carry over when initiating an E-mail from a folder. Also the version of windows is 7 home premium.