Hi MelodyFoutty,

 

Welcome to Microsoft Community. We understand that you are having some trouble attaching files to an email message and do not wish to use SkyDrive in doing so. In this case, I suggest that you follow the steps below:

1. Sign in to your Microsoft account.
2. Create a new message by clicking the +New button on the menu bar.
3. Compose your message and add a subject.
4. Click the Insert button on the menu bar, then click Files as attachments.
5. Navigate to the file that you wish to attach to your email message, then click the Open button.
6. Type in the email address of the recipient.

However, in case you are using Windows Live Mail, you can simply follow the steps below: 

1. Click the Insert tab, then click the Attach file button.
2. Navigate to the pictures which you wish to attach on the email, then click the Open button.

Note: If you click the Change to photo album link, it will automatically be converted to SkyDrive option.

 

Additionally, you can simply drag and drop any pictures onto the body of the email message, so that those pictures will be embedded on the body of the emails.

 

But, if you directly attached the pictures using the Photo album button, then by default, it will be uploaded through SkyDrive.

 

If we may ask, could we know as to how you are sending the pictures so we can have a better understanding of the issue?

 

If this is not the case, please provide us more details regarding this concern, so we can continue to address it

 

 

Thanks!

I to am having trouble with Skydrive.  I am using Windows live mail12, and Windows 7 Professional.

Previously I used "Send to" ... "Email recipient" after right clicking on the photo that I wanted to send, and all worked well.  Now when contacts receive the email they can not view a slide show or download the pic.  I have tried emailing to myself with the same result.  I can use the "Insert" option in a new email, but this automatically reduces the size of the pic, resulting in the recipient not having a decent size file to print.

Any help would be appreciated.  Des