Error code 0x80041161 is identified as an error within windows live essentials and it's recommended to re-install it however the uninstall just hangs and never completes. Eventually a message appears (much later) about such and such a process didn't respond in an acceptable time and then exits when clicking ok and that's it.

Windows online chat with support is useless they claim not to have any tools to fix errors with mail etc.

So in other words Microsoft can issue an update that nukes your existing windows 10 live essentials but has no idea how to fix the problem they caused.

I can find references in the answers to similar questions but they all seem to be concerning 32 bit not 64 bit.

Anyone here have any idea how to proceed?

[Original title: Windows 10 live essentials]

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