To attach a file to a message in Windows Live Hotmail:
- Start composing a new email message in Windows Live Hotmail.
- Click Attachments: in the message's toolbar.
- Browse to the folder where the file is located
- Select a file on your computer.
- Click Open.
- Wait until the file has completed uploading
- Continue editing the message.
- Eventually, click Send to deliver the message together with its attachments.