• There’s a fix for Windows Live Mail 2012

    Posted on April 6, 2016 at 11:51 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Three months ago, I wrote about the way Microsoft basically killed Windows Live Mail 2012 for Windows 7 and 8.1.

    This latest version of KB 3093594 has been accused of slowing Windows Live Mail to a standstill and “losing” both sent mail and folders. It looks as though the Jan. 8 version of KB 3093594 is the same as the Dec. 17 version of KB 3093594, which was designed to fix the Dec. 14 version of KB 3093594 but failed miserably.

    Now there’s some hope. An anonymous poster has found a fix:

    HI all there! It might be long time ago since this post has been updated, but there is an easy fix for this problem, by uninstalling the darned update in the following way:

    Close (exit) Windows Live Mail completely.

    Run the following command in an elevated (i.e. as administrator) command line:

    Msiexec /package {B775C26B-EAA8-4A11-ACBF-76E52DF6B805} /uninstall {342DCD5D-5946-453B-97AC-D53B7662EDF5}

    OR (if the previous command does not work):

    Msiexec /I {B775C26B-EAA8-4A11-ACBF-76E52DF6B805} MSIPATCHREMOVE={342DCD5D-5946-453B-97AC-D53B7662EDF5} /qb

    N.B.: IF (!) the msp setup wizard asks to remove or repair the application, you need to click “Repair”.

    Don’t start Windows Live Mail yet and reboot.
    The problem should be fixed now.

    Thanks, AC!

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