Question about Outlook Express

I've installed the Essentials 2011 update and now my WLM won't work. Errors when WLM is opened and again when trying to reply.

Have avoided the update for a long time but now the update has become more insistent so I installed it.

When WLM is opened I get this error window:

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At the top it reads;

Assertion Failed: Abort=Quit, Retry=Debug, Ignore=Continue

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The body has the following:

Failed to initialize Shared Canvas: System.IO.FileNotFoundException:

Could not load file or assemble 'WindowsLive.Writer.Localization,

Version=15.4.3508.1109, Culture=neutral,

PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The

system cannot find the file specified.

File name: 'WindowsLive.Writer.Localization, Version=15.4.3508.1109,

Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'

at

WindowsLive.Writer.CoreServices.ApplicationEnvironment.Initialize

(Assembly rootAssembly, String installationDirectory, String

settingsRootKeyName, String productName)

at

WindowsLive. Writer.PostEditor.ContentEditorFactory,Initialize(String

registrySettingsPath, IContentEditorLogger logger, IContentTarget

contentTarget,ISettingsProvider settingsProvider)

WRN: Assembly binding Logging is Turned OFF.

To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.

Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly

bind failure logging.

To turn this feature off, remove the registry value

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

at ContentEditorFactory.Initialize(String registrySettingsPath,

IContentEditorLogger logger, IContentTarget contentTarget,

ISettingsProvider settingsProvider)

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When I try to reply to an email I get:

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At the top it reads;

Assertion Failed: Abort=Quit, Retry=Debug, Ignore=Continue

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The body has the following:

Failed to initialize Shared Canvas: System.InvalidOperationException:

Passport Library was already initialized to [Production] environment

at WindowsLive.Writer.Passport.PassportAuth.Initialize(String

Environment)

at

Windows Live.Writer.PostEditor.ContentEditorFactory.Initialize(String

registrySettingsPath, IContentEditorLogger Logger, IContentTarget

contentTarget, ISettingsProvider settingsProvider)

at ContentEditorFactory.Initialize(String registrySettingsPath,

IContentEditorLogger logger, IContentTarget contentTarget,

ISettingsProvider settingsProvider)

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Need help with this fix. Until then I am rolling back my system to the previous version and will continue to cancel the 'Manditory Update' until such time there is an update or fix to these errors.