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Standalone Windows Live Writer Installer

For some reason I can not get Windows Live Writer to install on my computer using the integrated Live installer. It just gives me some meaningless error message and dies. What I needed was a standalone installer that didn’t require an Internet connection to execute. Well, after much searching, I found links to standalone installers for all the Windows Live programs. Here they are:

Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Writer
Windows Live Photo Gallery
Windows Live Messenger
Windows Live Sign-In Assistant
Family Safety From Windows Live OneCare

I should note that these links are not official. Someone has downloaded and copied all the installers from the temporary folder that the integrated installer builds and uploaded them to a shared location. You should scan these files for viruses (as I did) before installing them.