3/6/2021 Windows 10 Microsoft Update messed up 2012 Windows Live Essentials (LIVE MAIL) unable to send, unable to read what is received. [Solution]

Anonymous
2021-03-07T21:14:31+00:00

Last night,  3/6/2021,  i received the push notification of a new Microsoft Update for my Windows 10 desktop.   The notification stated to restart my pc to install the update.

NO BIG DEAL i thought.

Wrong.

I did a RESTART,  and what Microsoft called an UPDATE actually  TOOK AN HOUR TO INSTALL .............?

After the INSTALL,  back at the Desktop Screen,  i was greeted with a message stating "WELCOME TO YOUR NEW WINDOWS OS".... ??????

So,  apparently the UPDATE was to install a whole new version of the Windows 10 OS...........

Nice of Microsoft to let me know.

Then i hit the problem.

I went to check my email via Microsoft Windows Live Mail (essential 2012) and this is what happens:

---  Emails DO DOWNLOAD on all of my accounts,  AOL, AT&T, and GMAIL...    (but download only)

---  By "DOWNLOAD ONLY"  i mean that NONE OF THE NEW EMAILS CAN ACTUALLY BE READ......

---  All new emails state "MESSAGE COULD NOT BE DISPLAYED"   "MESSAGE COULD NOT BE WRITTEN TO DISK"

* Pinned until 15 Nevember 2022.

Windows for home | Other | Email and communications

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Anonymous
2021-03-07T21:25:41+00:00

As you can see from above, the net result of last nights UPDATE / OS INSTALL

shut down my Microsoft Windows Live Mail.

  • I can download "blank" messages but i cannot read them.
  • I cannot SEND any messages at all via AOL, AT&T, or Gmail.

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I tried to do a system restore, but the "UPDATE / OS INSTALL" from last night

DELETED ALL OF THE SYSTEM RESTORE POINTS PRIOR TO LAST NIGHT,

AND DOES NOT GIVE A RESTORE POINT FOR LAST NIGHTS UPDATE ...........??????

I then tried to REPAIR Windows Live Mail using the executable WLARP.EXE

in the Windows Live Installer folder. NO CHANGE. IT FAILED TO RESOLVE

THE PROBLEM.

I then restarted the pc multiple times. No Change.

............................................................

I then spent 3 hours scouring the internet looking for an answer...

What i found is that this happened A LOT over the last few days............

Many people complaining about Windows Live Mail being disabled by the

March 2021 Windows 10 Update.

............................................................

Finally, I FOUND THE FIX...........

Here is the fix..........

To fix Windows Live Mail in Windows 10 v2004 and higher, follow these steps:

  1. Close the Windows Live Mail window.
  2. Start the Registry Editor (regedit.exe)
  3. In the Registry Editor, go to the following branch: 
     HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail
  4. Create the following DWORD values and set the data for each value to 1. 
     Value name: RecreateFolderIndex
 Value type: REG_DWORD
 Value data: 1

 Value name: RecreateStreamIndex
 Value type: REG_DWORD
 Value data: 1

 Value name: RecreateUIDLIndex
 Value type: REG_DWORD
 Value data: 1
  5. Restart Windows Live Mail. * * * Mod note. See more detailed instructions for this registry edit in another post by IllurionGray farther down on this page.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-10-22T23:55:13+00:00

    Hello JustAsking3:

    My apologies for taking so long to reply.

    I am old, and have been at the Doctor today.

    If you are accessing this blog via your pc, make sure the browser page is "fully opened" using the controls in the upper-right-corner of the page, and fills the desktop.

    Doing so will allow you to see every word of each line complete.

    If your browser page is only "half-opened", windows will automatically reduce what you see, and add a "scroll-bar" at the bottom of that POST.

    If you are accessing this blog via your cellphone, by default, the cellphone os (both Apple & Android) will reduce what you see, and add a "scroll-bar" at the bottom of that POST, or, will let you "scroll" to see the whole sentence by "touching" the "line" on the screen, and "scrolling with your finger."

    If you are unable to see a scroll-bar, and the page is "fully-opened" and fills your pc desktop, then i have no explanation for why you are still not seeing the full sentences.

    If you wish me to send you the data via email directly, please email me at: ******@gmail.com and i will email you the full instructions.

    As for what is happening to you, it is Microsoft.

    In the 1st week of March 2021, Microsoft rolled out their new Windows 10 OS version 20H2, and it messed up millions of pc worldwide with many issues, with this problem with Windows Live Mail being just one minor problem among many.

    Now, in mid-September 2021, Microsoft has done it again, and rolled out Windows 10 OS version 21H1 & H2.

    This new version seems to have had affects on Windows Live Mail also.

    Hope this helps.

    Email me if you need to.

    Illurion

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-10-01T21:53:48+00:00

    Yes I sign in as administrator. Setting to 0 works for about 10 email openings and closings. Then it hangs up and you have to regedit again.

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