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
    2015-12-12T19:48:55+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.

    Good evening Dillon,

    Thanks for your help so far. I read your solution (mine too?) and now I have the same problem after trustingly patched my WLM with KB3093594. I'm thinking to do the same and will uninstall WLM but can you tell me what to do next? Where can I find my 'old' exe. file on my computer?

    Thank you for your cooperation, Hans Bons, Delft, Netherlands

    (******@outlook.com)

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-12T20:00:18+00:00

    I have just installed the KB3093594 update on a win 7 PC and it works fine.  As Microsoft say that it is only compatible with Win 7 and 8 perhaps they have deliberately engineered it to be incompatible with Windows 10, in which case the problem may never be fixed

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-12T20:53:43+00:00

    I use WLM with 4 Hotmail accounts but I don't sign in on any of them - Calendar and Contacts are local.  The patch was applied on Windows 7 and Windows 10 and both work fine.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-12-13T00:26:37+00:00

    Hello HansBons

    Hopefully you saved the .exe file when you originally installed Windows Essentials 2012. If you did, you could try searching for it on your computer. My file is called wlsetup-web.exe with a version number of 16.4.3528.331.

    If you haven't got it you could try Filehippo. They have a download for Windows Live Mail 16.4.3528.

    I understand that this is actually for all the Windows Essentials 2012 programs. You just select the programs you want (Windows Live Mail in this case) when you run the .exe.

    Right click - Run as administrator. As with all installations, it is recommended to temporarily suspend your security software while installing trusted software.

    Good luck.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-12-13T00:33:03+00:00

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