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]

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.

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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.

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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.