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Is there a way to reset the password in Windows Live Mail.  NOT reset the Microsoft password,

 

We are here referring to a Microsoft Account. This is a set of credentials consisting of an email address and a password. If the email address is on a Microsoft domain (e.g. @hotmail, @live, @msn, @outlook, @windowslive), then this address/password pair is unique and can be used wherever a Microsoft Account sign-in is needed. e.g. at this Microsoft Community site. It also gives access to a mailbox at http://mail.live.com, to a calendar at http://calendar.live.com and to a contacts list at http://contacts.live.com.

 

It can also be used to sign in in Windows Live Mail, either when prompted at program start-up or subsequently by clicking the right-most button on the Home tab of the ribbon. This will load the calendar and contacts referred to above. 

 

Another possibility is that there is a mail account set up in Windows Live Mail to use this same account. If it is, and the account uses the default settings, then the program will ensure that the folders available in the aforementioned mailbox are synchronized with those displayed in Windows Live Mail.

 

Once in a while, the password for a Microsoft Account may be changed or reset. These are two different processes: the first is a routine procedure that everyone should undertake every few weeks or months. The second is a recovery exercise performed if the account password can no longer be used, e.g. because the user forgot it. The upshot is the same: the account has a new password, and the user will be encouraged to set up two-step verification for extra security. This is a good thing: it means that even if a criminal manages to work out what your password is, he won't be able to access your account unless he can also supply the second piece of evidence, typically a security code delivered to a different device or email address.

 

However, in cases where credentials are submitted automatically - like when a mail application polls a POP3 server for new messages - there is no provision for entering the second piece of evidence. To get around this hurdle, there is the app password feature. The user requests a unique app password for a specific purpose and supplies both elements of the verification procedure. The password that is generated can then be used instead of the account password in the application involved.

I have this problem. As I am here my Microsoft account is correct and password.

Windows live mail asks for my password and rejects it.

Problem appeared after I reverted back from windows 10 to 8.1

Do I now have two accounts Windows Mail and Windows Live mail.

Just want to be able to get my mail on my desk top.

Lap top which I did not change to windows 10 the windows live mail works with my Microsoft account password..