Windows 10: Latest Windows update breaks Windows Live Mail, how to fix?

Yesterday, 06/14/2023, I was prompted to install the latest Windows updates to my Win10-Pro system. Updates included some security items, but mainly KB5027215, a Cumulative one for 22H2. That took a few minutes to install, after which I elected to Restart Now. Things looked fine after that, except that Windows Live Mail Version 2012 was unable to connect to any of the mail accounts. So I turned to the Web for answers and found no new, current discussions of this issue, only a rather dated fix for much the same thing going back a couple of years. That fix had to do with making sure that

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Update KB3176493 Breaks Windows Live Mail


As the title says: Update KB3176493 breaks Windows Live Mail (2012); it will not receive emails from a POP3 server, just gives a "Your POP3 server has not responded in 60 seconds ..." message, with error code 0x800CCC19.

Interestingly, I have a Windows 10 laptop, which did not get update KB3176493; it got KB3176495 (and I've no idea what the difference is - perhaps its for a different base version of Windows 10. No problem with Windows Live Mail on that machine after the update.

Rob

 

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 by Windows 7

Dear All,

Core i3 with Windows 7 Home. Recently swapped the HD
due to crash & reinstalled Win 7 including WLM (Windows
Live Mail). I encountered 3 problems while configuring
my account & restoring the (previously exported) inbox.

1/ A family member of mine used my system to check his e-mail.
To do this he created a second account in WLM in order to read
his hotmail e-mail traffic. I have now deleted the account but
when WLM is launched i repeatedly get a login window
containing the details of the family member's e-mail address
instead of my details. How can i clear this and make sure that
when WLM is launched only my e-mail addres is visible?

2/ Mijn account is configured to remember its password,
and enable immediate access of my mails.
Despite of this i get a login window when WLM is started.
When i fill out e-mailaddress & password and press enter
the account is not recognised and WLM pretends that e-mail
address or password are wrong. Nevertheless i can see the headers
of my e-mails and if i close the login window i can also access & read
the e-mails.. How can i remove the login window permanently?

3/ I'd like to disable the option "leave copy on server" Where can i find
this option in WLM?

Thanks in advance,
Dilbert