Update for Windows Live Essentials Mail 2012 (KB3093594) kills WLM 2012

Anonymous
2015-12-11T22:43:54+00:00

Have been using this program for months now on windows 10 32 bit, and I get an email saying that MS are making changes to Outlook servers and to patch WLM 2012 and a download link.

I applied the patch and now after a few seconds of being open WLM 2012 crashes while updating the calendar.

Anyone know a fix for this? I have taken the patch off by repairing Windows essentials 2012 from the Programs and features dialog, but anyone know why this patch causes WLM to crash after a few seconds?

Tim

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-12-11T23:15:07+00:00

    Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

    I have a number of accounts (Outlook, Gmail and Yahoo) included in my Windows Live Mail. One of the most useful properties of WLM is to be able to view a list of all recent mail from all accounts in one list. Microsoft recommend using the Windows 10 Mail App. However, this does not contain this feature.

    Anyway, I trustingly patched my WLM with KB3093594 and promptly experienced the same result as Banger696.

    With fingers crossed, I uninstalled Mail from my Windows Live installation and then re-installed it from my old .exe file.

    To my relief, all my accounts instantly reappeared with all my emails. All now seems to be OK again.

    I strongly advise others to leave KB3093594 well alone at least for now. Hope Microsoft don't totally mess up Windows Live Mail 2012 in the future.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-05-08T16:24:58+00:00

    According to iFiredog's post,

    "The only real casualty of the migration is calendar synchronization, which won't work at all on 16.4.3528, crashes the program on 16.4.3263 on Windows 10 and possibly Windows 8.1 too, and works unreliably on 16.4.3264."

    I am currently on 16.4.3528, so if I understand correctly, the only change I should experience is calendar sync won't work anymore.

    I read the hacking article too and immediately changed all my passwords.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-12T16:51:25+00:00

    So why are they telling me to install the patch if I have outlook.com?

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-12-12T16:44:16+00:00

    I do not see this explanation in the mail i have received from Microsoft.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-12-12T14:17:49+00:00

    Login to your outlook.com account using a browser.  Does it say Outlook.com or Outlook Mail (Preview)?

    KB3093594 should only be installed if you have an outlook.com account that has been upgraded to Outlook Mail (Preview).

    If you have more than one outlook.com account, you will have to decide if you want the accounts that have not been upgraded to Outlook Mail (Preview) to work or do you want the accounts that have been upgraded to work.

    No Outlook Mail (Preview) accounts - do not install KB3093594.

    An account has upgraded to Outlook Mail (Preview) - install KB3093594.

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