I'm using Windows 7 (not upgrading to Win 10 yet) and Windows Live Mail 2011 to receive my hotmail account emails.

I recently got this email:

In a few weeks, we will be making some changes to our email services that might impact your @outlook.com, @hotmail, @live, or @msn email account. Those changes will prevent your email from being delivered to the Windows Live Mail 2012 application you use.  
In order to continue using Windows Live Mail 2012 to send and receive email for your account, you need to install the latest update published here.  
If you use Windows Live Mail 2012 on Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, we recommend that you switch to the built in Mail app in Windows to stay connected and get the latest feature updates on Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10.  
Windows Live Essentials 2009 and 2011 are not supported anymore, and you will need to update to Windows 8/8.1 or Windows 10 and use the Mail app, or use www.outlook.com. To learn more about the Mail app, please click here.  

I don't want to upgrade my Windows version and I want to keep using my mail client with my hotmail account. So what can I do in order to achieve that? Can I upgrade Windows Live Mail 2011 to the 2012 version? I tried applying the patch linked in the email but it says I don't have the right version of the program.

Thanks!