Windows 10: Error 0x800c0006 - Trying to install Windows Live Mail on Windows 10

I have just bought a HP Spectre x360 laptop running Windows 10 and the first thing I'm trying to get set up is my email. I've been using Windows Live Mail for a long time now and I'm happy with it so if possible I'd like to keep using it. I'm 64 and don't like change! I can't understand why they took this out of Windows 10 as it's a brilliant email program. Anyway I have been checking the web and found that a lot of people have successfully installed Live Mail on their Windows 10 systems but every time I try I get a message saying the installation has failed and the following error code; Error; 0x800c0006

Am I doing something wrong here? Is there any way I can get Live Mail to install on my system?

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Windows 10 Live Mail

Hello Brian,

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

As per the issue description you are facing issue in downloading any attachment from Live mail and sending emails.
It is possible that there are corrupted files on your Windows Live Mail that could be causing the issue.

I would suggest you to try the steps provided in the article mentioned below and see if it helps you to fix the issue.

What do I do if I can't download my attachments in Windows Live Mail?

If issue persists, I would suggest you to repair Windows live mail as its corruption might be the cause of your issue.

We recommend that you try repairing Windows Live Mail to check if it fixes the issue. Before you repair Windows Live Mail, you can backup your files to make sure that you do not lose any of them. You can click on this

link for steps on how to backup your files.


Once your files have been backed up, you can then follow the steps below to repair Windows Live Mail.

• Press Windows key + X, select Control Panel from the list.
• Click on Programs, then Uninstall a program.
• Look for Windows Essentials.
• Right click on Windows Essentials and click on Uninstall/Change.
  
  A window will pop up asking to either remove or repair Windows Essentials.
• Choose Repair all Windows Essentials program.

If repairing does not work, then we advise that you uninstall and reinstall Windows Live Mail. You can follow the same steps above but choose Remove instead of repair. You can then visit this

link where you can download a fresh copy of Windows Live Mail.

Hope this would help. If issue still persists post back with current status of your computer and result of the proposed suggestion, we will be happy to assist you.



Regards,

 

Windows Live Mail error

Hi Russ,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community. I Understand the inconvenience that you are facing and I will certainly help you.

May I know if you've made any changes to this mail client prior to this issue?

We do appreciate if you could provide us additional information so we can better assist you with this.

With Windows Live Mail closed, launch Internet Explorer and press Alt-F to open the
File menu. If Work offline is selected, click it to deselect it. If it's not selected, select it, wait a moment then deselect it.

Method 1: Meanwhile, we ask you to repair Windows Essentials in your computer to isolate that there are no corrupted files contributing to this issue. To do this, please follow the steps below:

• Press Windows + R, input AppWiz.cpl, Click
  OK.
• Search for Windows Essentials on the list and then select it.
• Click Uninstall/Change.
• Click Repair all Windows Essentials programs.

Method 2:

suggest you to completely uninstall Windows live mail and reinstall with proper settings.

Follow below steps to uninstall Windows live mail:

• Open “Control Panel"
• Click on “Programs and Features”.
• Double-click “Windows Live Essentials”.
• Click Remove one or more Windows Live programs.
• Select Mail, and then click
  Uninstall.

To install Windows live mail follow the below link.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/essentials-other#essentials=overviewother

Please let us know the results. We are happy to help!