Windows live mail 2012 doesn't work in forced Windows 10 upgrade

peter021072

Hi
After the forced upgrade of Windows 10 last night my Windows Live mail has failed to work properly.  It displays the message header, but in the text of the message it says.

'Message could not be displayed Windows Live Mail encountered an unexpected problem while displaying this message. Check your computer for low memory or low disk space and try again'

Windows live mail is linked to my gmail account and live mail account. I can still access the former via the web
Yes I know they haven't been supporting windows live mail since 2016, but I've struggled along so far, is this the crunch?

What is the easiest fix for this?

stragglebod

Easiest fix is to use the Mail app in Windows 10.

peter021072

stragglebod said:

Easiest fix is to use the Mail app in Windows 10.

I've yet to find it to run, however, after I set the Mail app in Windows 10 as the default, the old Windows live mail spontaneously started to work properly again!

peter021072

I spoke too soon, Windows live mail isn't sending outward mail, so I'll try to find that programme.

wongataa

peter021072 said:
What is the easiest fix for this?

Use a supported email client that works with Windows 10.  It is time to stop persisting with Live Mail.

peter021072

That's what I'm trying to do. 
Where exactly do I find the the supported Mail app in Windows 10? 

I have already set this
Default apps > Email > Mail Recommended for windows 10  
Then what?  The system seems to be still interested in going to outlook and Microsoft LiveMail

Neil_Jones

peter021072 said:

That's what I'm trying to do. 
Where exactly do I find the the supported Mail app in Windows 10? 

I have already set this
Default apps > Email > Mail Recommended for windows 10  
Then what?  The system seems to be still interested in going to outlook and Microsoft LiveMail

Mail IIRC doesn't import anything from Live Mail, you need to set it up again in Mail.

Just type "Windows Mail" into the search box at the bottom and there it is.  You can then click "Add an Account" and select as appropriate.

peter021072

I've found it now, so I should be able to manage, thanks.

searchlight123

Windows Live Mail 2012 still runs fine on my Windows 10 laptop after upgrade (version 2004).
i've tried other programs but just like the feel and look of WLM and have many folders set up which do not seem to transfer over if i set up eg Thunderbird?

wongataa

tonygold said:

Windows Live Mail 2012 still runs fine on my Windows 10 laptop after upgrade (version 2004).
i've tried other programs but just like the feel and look of WLM and have many folders set up which do not seem to transfer over if i set up eg Thunderbird?

You can transfer folders over, maybe not automatically though. Open Thunderbird.  Create folder.  Open WLM and go to folder you want to transfer.  Select all the mail in it and drag and drop it into the folder in Thunderbird.  Voila folder of mail transferred.

grumpycrab

wongataa said:

You can transfer folders over, maybe not automatically though. Open Thunderbird.  Create folder.  Open WLM and go to folder you want to transfer.  Select all the mail in it and drag and drop it into the folder in Thunderbird.  

I tried this last week and couldn't drag and drop from WLM (or I was doing it wrong).  Ended up having to create the new email account in WLM and copying mail inside WLM.