Windows 10: Store app "Mail and Calendar" totally not working with Gmail accounts.

It's been working in the past but recently but it has completely given up on Gmail. It hangs up in various (multiple) ways.

I tried to manually install Gmail (via "advanced" method in settings >> Manage accounts >> add account) then it works only in "Mail" side of the app (it doesn't automatically show up in the "calendar" side. And in "Calendar" you can't separately manually install the same account. If you instally the normal (non "advanced") way via Calendar then it does transfer into the email part of the app but it hangs. And when that happens everything stops or alternatively part of the app becomes inaccessable. Depends when it starts to hang I dunno.

Anyways in my case it happened when I intalled one gmail account and then another one. Not sure where the problem is related to just any Gmail account, my Gmail account, or the fact that I tried to add more than one gmail accounts (total 3). I can't even begin to know where the problem lies. And it's useless to use the app by manually installing it on the "mail" side of the app if the same account isn't connected to the calendar. I want all my emails connected to the calendar. That's one of the main reasons why one wants to use a desktop mail app in the first place.

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Calendar app stuck on Creating account with Gmail

Is Gmail already setup with the linked Mail App ?

If so you are on the wrong dialog box.

In which case you go to in Calendar or Mail Apps.
Cog > Manage Accounts > Select an Account to edit settings.
Then click on your Gmail Account.
Then a dialog box pops up >
Change mailbox sync settings
Options for syncing your content >
Scroll down that box to Sync options > Calendar > On.

You can get there via the Mail App as well.

In the left column of Calendar tick the Calendar box under Gmail.

I would remove your Email Account from Mail/Calendar and set it up again.
Also update your Mail/Calendar App.

Other options are:
Settings > Apps > Mail and Calendar > click on that uninstall, or Advanced options > check your App permissions and scroll down for Reset and another uninstall.

The Mail and Calendar App is in MS Store so easy enough to get it back.
I have 5 Accounts setup with Mail App/Calendar one of which is Gmail.

 

Calendar app stuck on Creating account with Gmail

In brief: it doesn't work, and it (most probably) has nothing to do with gmail authentification since you first need to successfully login to your gmail account to get to the "creating account" final step.


In detail:
I tried allowing less secure apps, It did not work.

Then I tried to login an app password, it did not work, but for another reason:

For that I did:
- activate on mail the 2 step verification sign in.
- I created an app psw to provide access for calendar on my computer windows 10
- I tried again to connect using my gmail email, and the password provided for the "app password", but gmail did not recognized password. But that seems to be another problem not related since when I tried again with my (normal) gmail password, it send me a verification sms, and when it was validated, it went to the "creating account".

 

Mail and Calendar app stuck on Creating account

All,
My Mail and Calendar app has failed to work since this morning.
It stopped receiving any mail this morning, with the reset of the mail app pretty much making it useless.



I have reset the app, restarted the computer and now the next step if it has to happen, a FULL reset of the computer.
Is there any problems with the way Gmail has been set up today?
I am running Windows 10 1903 x64 on a Lenovo 330-15ikb.
Thanks