I was having a lot of trouble with my hotmail account on windows 7 and I resolved it.
I now have Windows 10 and in order to still receive emails from Hotmail, it has to be through my browser but is Outlook Email, not Windows Live and I have no trouble at all. Are you still on Windows 7 or 8 and having trouble with emails?
Microsoft probably don't want to publicise this remedy, but it is still possible to use Windows Live Mail with Windows 7 or 8, to access Hotmail, Live and Outlook accounts via an IMAP server. The solution is as follows:
Open Windows Live Mail
Select Options, followed by Email accounts
Click on Add, and create an entirely new account for your existing Hotmail address.
Complete the various menus - but on the first page, check the box to manually configure server settings.
At this stage, do not enter your password
Select the server type as IMAP
Enter the following data:
Incoming server address = imap-mail.outlook.com
Change the Port number from 143 to 993
Check the secure connection (SSL) box
Authenticate using clear text
Outgoing server address = smtp-mail.outlook.com
Change the Port number from 25 to 587
Check the secure connection (SSL) box
Check the "requires authentication" box
Enter your complete email address as your log-on user name
Click on Next, followed by Finish
This will take you back to your list of email accounts, including the account you have just created.
Select the new email account you have just created and click on Properties
Under the General tab, complete any missing information
Under the Servers tab, enter your password. Then, check the box labelled "remember password"
Under the IMAP tab, leave Root folder path blank
Check the box labelled "Check for new messages in all folders"
Check the box labelled "Store special folders on IMAP server"
Change the various paths to the following values - "Sent"; "Drafts"; "Deleted" and "Junk"
Click on OK and close the accounts menu.
Windows Live Mail should download the folders for your existing Hotmail account, including all of your received and sent messages.
How do I reinstall WLDCore.dll?
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2016-11-25T10:14:49+00:00 Thank you! an answer that actually works!! Why isn't this one voted most helpful?!
PS my files in question were located on C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared
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Anonymous
2017-01-20T11:20:25+00:00 - c:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger
- c:\Program Files\Windows Live\Contacts
- c:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail
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Anonymous
2017-01-20T11:21:58+00:00 - c:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger
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Anonymous
2017-01-20T12:27:19+00:00 I copied wldcore.dll en wldlog.dll as proposed, but it did not worked out. What can I do??