I was running Windows Live Mail 2011 just fine for years. Due to the recent announcement "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." I decided to update to update to Windows Live Mail 2012 and apply the patch. I've had nothing but issues ever since.

1. My sub-folders are gone. I have folders for organizing emails. I can see the folders and all the sub-folders under them when I log into my hotmail account using a browser. I can see the folders but not any of the subfolders. I deleted the account and re-created it. After re-creation, all the folders and subfolders were downloaded to sync them up and showed up correctly. Then, I quit Windows live mail and started it again. All the subfolders were gone again. Same for non-hotmail accounts.

2. If I apply the patch, I get an error saying messages cannot be sent or received, even though the folders are synced.

I know the above said in order to continue using Windows Live Mail 2012 a patch needs to be applied. Is that true for 2011 as well? I am ready to uninstall 2012 and go back to 2011 where I didn't have any of these issues.