AutoHotkey to the rescue

As described in the post RSS Feeds in Outlook 2007 I ended up with hundreds of feeds in both Outlook, IE7 and Windows Live Mail desktop.

Since I could not find an easy way to delete all feeds from Windows Live Mail desktop and I did not want to delete them one by one even though I'm quick on the keyboard I made use of AutoHotkey.

I first found this location and though I could delete multiple feeds that way but somehow that was not enough: "[drive letter]:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail desktop\[email address]\Your Feeds

The solution. I used AutoScriptWriter (recorder) and recorded what I wanted to do. Then I made some changes to the script and ended up with this script that quickly deletes 100 feeds at a time.

WinWait, Your feeds - Windows Live Mail desktop, 
IfWinNotActive, Your feeds - Windows Live Mail desktop, , WinActivate, Your feeds - Windows Live Mail desktop, 
WinWaitActive, Your feeds - Windows Live Mail desktop, 
loop, 100
{
MouseClick, left,  68,  250
Sleep, 100
Send, {DEL}{ENTER}
}

According to the AutoHotkey website:

AutoHotkey is a free, open-source utility for Windows. With it, you can:

• Automate almost anything by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks. You can write a mouse or keyboard macro by hand or use the macro recorder.
• Create hotkeys for keyboard, joystick, and mouse. Virtually any key, button, or combination can become a hotkey.
• Expand abbreviations as you type them. For example, typing "btw" can automatically produce "by the way".
• Create custom data entry forms, user interfaces, and menu bars. See GUI for details.
• Remap keys and buttons on your keyboard, joystick, and mouse.
• Respond to signals from hand-held remote controls via the WinLIRC client script.
• Run existing AutoIt v2 scripts and enhance them with new capabilities.
• Convert any script into an EXE file that can be run on computers that don't have AutoHotkey installed.

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