This article describes how to remove misspelled words from the custom dictionary in the event that you’ve added them accidentally, while using the Spell checker in Windows Mail in Windows Vista.
Removing misspelled words from the custom dictionary
Click Start, type notepad.exe and press ENTER
From the File menu choose Open
Type the exact path and file name given below and click Open:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows Mail\UserDictionary.lex
UserDictionary.lex is a plain-text file which stores the list of words that add using the Spell Checker in Windows Mail. After removing the misspelled word that you accidentally added earlier, make sure that there are no blank lines left by these deletions. Save the file and close Notepad.
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Wow, nothing more user friendly than having to get talked through EXACTLY typing in gibberish into some stupid little side program to fix that. It worked but seriously, is that the best MS can do?
I had the same experience as DeWitch above, but I copied the path as discribed, entered it into an explorer box and got the file! I had several other misspelled words in there I didn’t know I had.
Thank you very much.
Thanks for the help – really useful
Unfortunately I have vista home premium on my poor PC since the crash after SP3 on my XP Media Center HP.
I have checked both my accounts for the UserDictionary.lex file (files are NOT hidden) and it is not there.
I did a search of the whole computer for this file and it was not found.
My spellcheck works but I have inadvertently approved misspellings and want to take them out but can’t if I can’t find where to edit this thing.
XP was so much better, I hate that I have been forced into using this horrible OS.
Can anyone help me?
This gets a 10 out of 10 from me. easy straight forward information. Thanks a bunch you just save me from forevermore having to type “I”.
Worked like a charm.