Thanks. Too bad MS couldn't have pushed out this info since they were quite capable of pushing out a notice that your WLM would soon stop working!
Stability Issues with the Windows Live Mail 2012 Update – KB3093594
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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2016-02-01T20:03:08+00:00 I received the referenced notification here in the WLM threads I've been following. Sorry you missed it.
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Anonymous
2016-02-01T23:29:32+00:00 What is your point? I received an email telling me to install the patch or lose my email. My point was that they could have just as easily sent an email telling us the patch was no good and they were working on a fix.
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Anonymous
2016-02-02T01:20:22+00:00 Sorry ya do not get the point. I'm also sorry I made the mistake of replying to one of your posts and I will not make that mistake again.
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Anonymous
2016-02-02T02:56:07+00:00 EXCELLENT!