Windows live writer wont connect to blogger

Anonymous
2015-05-26T22:10:34+00:00

I have been using the windows live writer for years and today it wont let me post into my blogger blog. 

The first error was stating that my user name and password was incorrect so I changed it. It still didn't work and still stating the same issue. I clean/repaired up the windows essentials like other forms said. Now the error message I get is blogger return the following error: Notfound: not found. I uninstalled and reinstalled and it keeps saying the same issue.

Thanks.

Windows for home | Other | Email and communications

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Anonymous
2015-06-02T01:38:24+00:00

please make sure that you use the following steps

  1. Verify you are using http or https for you website.
  2. Add ' @gmail.com ' at the end of your user name.
  3. If your account has 2-step verification enabled then see the following guide to use app specific password rather than your original password.

App specific password generation

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-08-30T11:23:11+00:00

    Contact this fellow: Scott Hanselman [******@hanselman.com]

    He was instrumental in putting together Open Live Writer.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-08-30T09:57:19+00:00

    This Microsoft forum thread is not monitored by the Open Live Writer team, as it is a new and completely separate open source project not managed by Microsoft.

    Please check the issues log here, and if you don't find the answer please raise a new issue:

    https://github.com/OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter/issues

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-08-30T09:36:42+00:00

    Hi Ruth.

    Thank you for your reply.

    I tried downloading it from the address you gave me but I still get the same message.

    System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: An error occurred while sending the request. ---> System.Net.WebException: The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.

       at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetRequestStream(IAsyncResult asyncResult, TransportContext& context)

       at System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler.GetRequestStreamCallback(IAsyncResult ar)

       --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

       at Google.Apis.Requests.ClientServiceRequest`1.Execute()

       at OpenLiveWriter.BlogClient.Clients.GoogleBloggerv3Client.NewPost(String blogId, BlogPost post, INewCategoryContext newCategoryContext, Boolean publish, String& etag, XmlDocument& remotePost)

       at OpenLiveWriter.BlogClient.Blog.NewPost(BlogPost post, INewCategoryContext newCategoryContext, Boolean publish)

       at OpenLiveWriter.PostEditor.UpdateWeblogAsyncOperation.DoWork()

       at OpenLiveWriter.CoreServices.AsyncOperation.InternalStart()

    Is there something I am missing or should be doing as well.

    Kind regards.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-08-29T18:47:10+00:00

    Problem solved: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/blogger/lw\_sNsyySKI 

    You cannot access Microsoft Live Writer anymore. Microsoft is not supporting the program. There is an Open Live Writer that works in exactly the same way. Here is a link: https://github.com/OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter/releases/tag/0.5.1.3

    It works the same way.  Good luck.

    Ruth Ross

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