I use Windows Live Mail 2012 on Windows 8.1 to access six different email accounts covering my ISP's email services, and Outlook and Gmail email. This is on my main desktop PC running 8.1 64-bit, and a Windows tablet running 8.1 32-bit.
Since the February round of Microsoft updates were applied a couple of weeks ago both computers show the same problem.
I used to use the 'File->Export email->Email messages' in WLM to backup my emails, but this no longer works correctly. Originally, it would go through all the accounts that WLM is configured for and produce a copy of the emails into a folder of my choice including the folder structure used with WLM. I used this for backup every few days; however, since the updates the export stops after it has exported just one email.
Rather than going through around 40 updates to 8.1 and other Microsoft products and uninstalling them one by one (although updates can be applied in bulk, they have to be uninstalled individually) and hoping that the uninstall actually restores the normal operation, I hope someone can point me to the rogue update.
I have already tried uninstalling and reinstalling WLM on one of the computers, which made no difference.
As an interim backup, I have to enable viewing of hidden files in File Explorer and go to
C:Users<user>AppDataLocalMicrosoftWindows Live Mail
and copy the folders/files there to create a backup.
Any assistance will be appreciated.
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