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• There’s a fix for Windows Live Mail 2012

  Posted on April 6, 2016 at 11:51 CDT by woody • 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!

  Windows Patches/Security KB 3093594, Windows Live Mail

• Windows Live Mail woes continue – more problems with the re-re-released KB 3093594

  Posted on January 15, 2016 at 11:07 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  If you’re using Windows Live Mail 2012, my first suggestion is to just give up. Microsoft apparently doesn’t care about WLM, and hasn’t devoted enough resources to solving the problem they’ve created. Move to Outlook.com or (my favorite) Gmail.

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  Windows Patches/Security KB 3093594, Windows Live Mail

• Does WLM 2012 patch KB 3093594 clobber your “Sent To” entries?

  Posted on December 22, 2015 at 12:28 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I’ve heard about this from several people now. For those of  you who use Windows Live Mail, and have installed the latest KB 3093594, are you still having problems with the “Send to” name being set to your name, i.e., the name of the sender?

  KM asks:

  Does the re-issued patch fix another problem that I haven’t seen you mention:  After installing the patch to Live 2012 on a Win 7 machine, the program no longer displays the correct names of recipients when you look up your Sent email in the Sent Folder.  It shows you—the sender—as the TO name in every email that is sent after the program is installed. So you can’t tell which of your sent emails is which, because the program makes them all look as if they were sent to YOU. (Actual distribution and sending of the emails continues to be correct…It’s the display in the SENT listing that is incorrect).
   
  And this problem is NOT fixed by removing the patch and reinstalling the previous version of WL 2012.  The wrong names remain shown in the Sent folder after the reinstall…for every email that was sent while the patch was in place.
   
  Is this behavior present or absent from the re-issued patch?
  I frankly don’t know – haven’t used Windows Live Mail in many years….
  Windows Patches/Security KB 3093594

• Botched Windows Live Mail 2012 patch KB 3093594 re-released, solves the crashing problem

  Posted on December 18, 2015 at 11:51 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  Windows Patches/Security KB 3093594

• KB3093594 partially fixed

  Posted on December 18, 2015 at 08:34 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Just in from reader LL (see Avoid Windows Live Mail 2012 patch KB 3093594 — it freezes Windows):

  Woody, Just to let you know that MS has addressed one of the issues (Windows Live Mail 2012 crashing) with this WU on Dec 17th.  The second issue (syncing and calendar not working) is still not fixed but under investigation.
  For those who can not use WLM  because they installed the KB before Dec 17th, and the previous WLM 2012 build is not working for them, should install the update now, just to get it working properly again. Those who did not install the update should wait until the remaining issue is fixed.
  
  Windows Patches/Security KB 3093594

• Windows Live Mail 2012 patch 3093594 freezes Win10, other problems

  Posted on December 14, 2015 at 09:33 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft’s email announcement looks like malware. Whoever did this should be publicly flogged – and I’m being charitable. Must be the holidays.

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows.

  Windows Patches/Security KB 3093594, Windows Live Mail