windows live mail error code 0x8007007A

Anonymous
2016-05-04T22:46:53+00:00

Can anyone help me with wlm error code 0x8007007A? I get this message whenever I try to send an email. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

   Nick (nickbo13)

Windows for home | Other | Email and communications

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Anonymous
2016-09-22T22:29:43+00:00

error code 0x8007007A

I'm sorry that no satisfactory explanation of this error or resolution for it has been posted in this thread despite its age. This is most likely because the error is program-specific and independent of the operating system, so the question should have been asked in the program forum, not the one for a particular version of Windows. The original poster wasn't to know this, of course, but the moderators involved should have moved the question to the right place.

This error arises because you tried to send a message including a photo album. This feature no longer works as a result of changes at OneDrive, where the photo album would have been stored had the changes not taken place. This means that the message is now stuck in your outbox and may be preventing subsequent messages from being sent. The outbox is below the account folders in the folder pane:

Remove any unsent messages from the outbox, then compose a simple test message with a unique subject and send it to yourself. Post any new error message in your reply.  

You'll find some alternative suggestions for sharing pictures in this article: Avoid 'photo email' and send photos by email

The error has nothing to do with the account being used to send messages, so removing and re-adding this account will have no effect on it. Nor will repairing the installation, which ensures that all the program files are present and correct. There's nothing in the error message to suggest that there was anything wrong with them in the first place.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-10-25T01:00:45+00:00

    Again, thanks for all the help. Firedog has it down.

    Now, can we change the way MS supervisors deal with these Error messages? It would be most helpful if MS Site Monitors would do more and list what the Error Code means, so that it doesn't take 10 pages of comments to figure it out. If its program specific, can MS change it to help all of us from having to spend all this time chatting to find out why? Seems like a waste of time trying to fix a problem that has been know a while........

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-10-24T19:58:20+00:00

    Thanks for the help!  How does one turn that feature off please?

    "Many have been right that this Error Code seems to be caused by the Cloud rejection of the "Album" in Windows Live. I turned that off, and everything went out well."

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-24T19:47:54+00:00

    Thanks again you all! Maybe we should run the code for MS.

    Still waiting for the Site Monitors to take up my challenge from my earlier e-mail today............................

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-10-24T17:40:59+00:00

    I run windows 10 (groan\0 and my problem mysteriously fixed itself one day.  Fingers crossed.

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