Windows Live Mail not connecting to my POP3 Sever it just hangs

When I was using Windows 7 I used Windows Live Essentials 2011, I upgraded to Windows 10 and all seemed well but then I had problems connecting to my POP3 sever. I checked on the community forum and read a review to uninstall Windows Live Mail and reinstall which I have done but I installed Windows Essentials 2012 instead of 2011. All seemed well for a few days then I could not connect to my Pop3 sever again all I get when I clicked on Windows Live Mail is a hung screen with no error message. I went back onto the forum and read that you could repair Windows Live Essentials but when I use this all I was getting was repairing Windows Live Mail that hung on 12% for 5 hours to which I had to cancel after that amount of time. I also read that you could un-synchronize your PC and that may work well the only way I can get my emails was to use the restore facility in Windows to restore my laptop back to an earlier time. I know their a lot of people out there having trouble so if some one can help with this it would be most appreciated.  Brian