Hi this has not worked for me can you help...
My problem with Windows Live Mail after a Windows 10 update was that WLM appeared to work correctly, but I could not get any of my new messages-they wouldn't download.
On July 3, 2020, ClitheroeKid posted a revised reply to DKO777's post of July 3, 2020 regarding this issue. ClitheroeKid's revised reply worked perfectly and solved the problem. However, I am not a computer expert, and have never edited the Registry before. Therefore, I am submitting this step-by-step expansion of CitheroeKid's advice for others that may be intimidated by the Registry. This expansion includes a number of the intermediate steps and hopefully will give others the confidence to fix the problem with Windows Live Mail created by Microsoft and Windows 10 updates.
Note: I first used this fix in September, 2020, and again had to use this fix on my latest (3/26/2021) update of Windows 10.
My thanks to ClitheroeKid and DKO777.
1. Close Windows Live Mail. (And any other programs.) You should be on the Desktop.
2. Click the Search icon (a magnifying glass), next to Start, lower left.
3. At the bottom of the page, in the box that has a magnifying glass and says "Type here to search", type "run".
4. "Run" should come up as Best Match. Click on it.
5. The "Run" dialog box appears. In the box following the word "Open", type in "regedit". (Your last search may still be in the box; just delete or overtype it.) Click "OK".
6. A warning appears: "Do you want to allow this app to make changes ...?" Click Yes.
7. You're now in the Registry Editor, in the Windows Registry.
8. In the Windows Registry, open this key:
Computer \ HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows Live Mail.
(You start at the top and click on each of the above titles (the "keys") just like you go through folders in File Explorer, until you open the "Windows Live Mail" key.)
Explanation:
What happens with Windows update is that the update:
>either changes three DWORD entries' values in the "Windows Live Mail" key [in this case use OPTION A], or
>eliminates three DWORD entries in the "Windows Live Mail" key [in this case use OPTION B].
The three DWORD entries impacted are:
RecreateFolderIndex
RecreateStreamIndex
RecreateUIDLIndex
OPTION A - The three above DWORD entries still exist in the registry, and their values are (0).
Following Step 8, you are now in the "Windows Live Mail" key.
9A. In the right window, under the column heading "Name", scroll down and select "RecreateFolderIndex".
10A. Right-click on "RecreateFolderIndex" and select "Modify".
11A. A dialog box titled "Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value" appears. In the "Value data" box, change the 0 to 1. Click OK.
12A. Repeat the above steps 9A, 10A, and 11A for the remaining two DWORD entries impacted:
RecreateStreamIndex
RecreateUIDLIndex
Now go to step 13 (which is after OPTION B)
OPTION B - The three above DWORD entries no longer exist in the registry.
Following Step 8, you are now in the "Windows Live Mail" key.
9B. Create these three DWORD entries in the "Windows Live Mail" key and give each the value of "1":
RecreateFolderIndex
RecreateStreamIndex
RecreateUIDLIndex
The next three steps explain how to create the above three DWORD entries:
10B. Once you're in the Windows Live Mail key, go to the menu at the top and click on "Edit", slide down to "New", slide over and down on the submenu and select "DWORD (32 bit) value".
11B. A box will appear with the words "New Value #1" highlighted in blue, at the bottom of Col. 1, [Name]. Overtype "New Value #1" with "RecreateFolderIndex". This finishes the first step of the entry.
Go to Col. 2, [Type]. What is there should be "REG_DWORD". Leave it as is. This finishes the second step of the entry.
Go to Col. 3, [Data]. What is there should be "0x00000000 (0)". Change the (0) to (1). This Col. 3, [Data], should now read "0x00000000 (1)". This finishes the third step of the entry.
12B. Repeat the above steps 9B, 10B, and 11B for the remaining two DWORD entries impacted:
RecreateStreamIndex
RecreateUIDLIndex
Make CERTAIN that you create DWORD entries. There are several other types: this solution FAILS if you create the wrong type.
Now go on to step 13.
After completing either OPTION A or OTION B, continue with Step 13:
13. Close the Registry Editor window.
14. Restart your computer. This step is ESSENTIAL. Windows will only re-load the registry when Windows itself starts.
15. Start Windows Live Mail.
Then the message display should be back to normal, and those 3 values in the registry should have reset themselves to 0 (and can be left like that).
Step 14 is essential.
If the foregoing does not fix the problem, you have made a mistake:
1. You have created the wrong type of entry in step 10 (you should have created DWORD entries); or
2. You have failed to restart the computer (restarting Windows Live Mail alone is not enough).
Good luck.