Hmm. Where is this download, @GoldRet?! I'd be interested in checking it out.
Stability Issues with the Windows Live Mail 2012 Update – KB3093594
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We have received reports that the Windows Live Mail update- KB KB3093594, is causing stability issues for many of our customers running Windows Live Mail 2012.
Thank you for reporting this issue.
We have identified the root cause and are currently working on a fix that addresses the issue for impacted users on applicable platforms.
Please visit Update for Windows Live Essentials Mail 2012 or this thread for the latest updates.
***Update Dec 20^th^
Sorry for the delay in posting this update.
On Dec 17^th^we rereleased the Windows Live Mail update KB3093594. For users who had previously installed this update and were experiencing a crash when launching the Windows Live Mail app, please download and re-install KB3093594 and this issue should be resolved.
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3093594
Some users have independently reported a separate issue with sync of mail with attachments that we continue to investigate.
Update 1 February 2016
(posted as Issues 3 under Known issues ... for KB3093594 rev. 6.0)
Some customers have reported other issues with the release on December 17, 2015. This update is no longer being offered while Microsoft investigates these issues further. Server interactions will remain supported during this investigation.
NB: links to http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49486 will not work 
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2016-01-16T12:57:00+00:00 I see that there is a download available for Windows Essentials 2012 from MS. Does anyone think it there is any mileage in uninstalling the program(s) and then downloading and installing afresh, or would that cause too much of a loss of data? If I understand correctly, Mail (as it is shown in the download, NOT Live Mail) would then sync with the servers and recover the emails to my computer. Or am I totally bamboozled now?
Help!!!!
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Anonymous
2016-01-15T23:18:02+00:00 Windows Live Mail woes continue with re-re-released KB3093594
["If you're using Windows Live Mail 2012 it may be finally time to give up..."]
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Anonymous
2016-01-15T18:50:28+00:00 It is the recent update that killed Live Mail. I am not the only one reporting this, nor the only one discussing this issue. The update you sent out for Live Mail killed the updating of received mail coming in. Some syncing is not occurring, and the new mail is not going to, coming into, or downloading to our accounts in LIVE MAIL. The recent update did this, or you don't have the system operational yet. You need to read some of the discussions that are ongoing reference LIVE mail, and the issues, like not receiving mail, etc. If we log into the accounts in the Web Mail, we can see the real email. Then compare it to what we see in LIVE MAIL, and the two do not match. We have all done in uninstall, reinstall, repair, and more. The problem is with LIVE MAIL.
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Anonymous
2016-01-15T18:48:42+00:00 It is the recent update that killed Live Mail. I am not the only one reporting this, nor the only one discussing this issue. The update you sent out for Live Mail killed the updating of received mail coming in. Some syncing is not occurring, and the new mail is not going to, coming into, or downloading to our accounts in LIVE MAIL. The recent update did this, or you don't have the system operational yet. You need to read some of the discussions that are ongoing reference LIVE mail, and the issues, like not receiving mail, etc. If we log into the accounts in the Web Mail, we can see the real email. Then compare it to what we see in LIVE MAIL, and the two do not match. We have all done in uninstall, reinstall, repair, and more. The problem is with LIVE MAIL.