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

Windows for home | Other | Email and communications

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-05-05T17:37:15+00:00

    Well, after reading this articleI think that they have permanently cancelled the update. I hope I'm wrong.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-03-17T20:51:30+00:00

    I use Outlook only for work. I do not use it for personal emails. I have always found the Live Essentials 2011 and now 2012 a great email client. It will be a GREAT PITY if Microsoft decides to discontinue now the only active Live Email 2012 programme.  I do not like using on-line email clients - or Web-based ones.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-03-17T19:42:22+00:00

    Vatche,

    In my opinion, Windows 10 Mail is not meant to be a desktop PC application.  It is designed for smart-phones.

    I'm guessing that Microsoft is thinking that Outlook will be the only Microsoft desktop-PC email application delivered by Microsoft.  I think Microsoft does not want to continue supporting 2 desktop PC email applications because it is too expensive.

    Also, understand that Live Mail and Outlook are office-productivity applications that support email, calendar, contacts and other functionality beyond basic email. 

    It's somewhat disappointing to see Live Mail go away because it was one of Microsoft's best designed applications.  It was much, much better that Gmail.  Outlook is an excellent product - but, it is not free.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-03-17T16:26:52+00:00

    Windows Live Mail is a much, much better email client that the one MAIL that comes with Windows 10

    I wish and suggest that Microsoft do not sabotage windows live 2012 as they did with 2011.

    Why not kill windows 10 MAIL and replace it with Windows live Mail 2012 essentials MICROSOFT?

    Not everything that is new is necessarily better!

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-02-08T22:22:29+00:00

    Thank you, Noel.

    Your advice is so clear and simple it's a little scary.  Even using Live Mail's default settings for a Hotmail account.

    Just to confirm ... deleting the account won't delete or otherwise mess with messages that have previously been downloaded in Live Mail?  

    It will simply clear the deck for a new, and hopefully, functional, sync relationship with that account's servers?

    Apologies if this is a stupid question, but I get a little paranoid whenever I break something trying to fix it.

    Thanks again.

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