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title: "Windows Live Writer Beta 2 direct download link"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/5/31/windows-live-writer-beta-2-direct-download-link.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/5/31/windows-live-writer-beta-2-direct-download-link.html"
published: "2007-05-31T08:00:46"
updated: "2007-05-31T08:00:46"
tags: []
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Windows Live writer a 2 is out , with lots of new features, only they posted a link that only works for US based customers: http://writer.live.com . If you live in Israel, like me, this actually takes you to a download…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# Windows Live Writer Beta 2 direct download link

By Roy Osherove May 31, 2007

**Historical article** · Originally published May 31, 2007; technical details may be outdated.

[Windows Live writer a 2 is out](http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!D85741BB5E0BE8AA!1272.entry#comment), with lots of new features, only they posted a link that only works for US based customers:

[http://writer.live.com](http://writer.live.com/) . If you live in Israel, like me, this actually takes you to a download of the windows live messenger!

Would anyone be kind enough to post in the comments the direct download link for the installer?

Thanks, Microsoft!

**Update:**

The direct link is:

[http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/e/c/1ecbf3be-298b-467c-84d8-6f86f01478d7/en-us/Install\_WLWriter.exe](http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/e/c/1ecbf3be-298b-467c-84d8-6f86f01478d7/en-us/Install_WLWriter.exe)

or, in TinyUrl :

**[http://tinyurl.com/2peqal](http://tinyurl.com/2peqal)**

Thanks for the comments!


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