Select the root WLM folder and not one of its sub folders. If you can't change to the WLM something is, as you say, wrong. I have done this a few times and never got a message like that. Hmmmmm.

My install of WLM on Win 7 doesn't crash but the Safe Senders and Blocked Senders lists are being ignored in a random manner.

Go to Windows Explorer (File Explorer) click on This PC and search for *.eml This will tell you where the file store is for emails.
Go to WLM, click on File, Options, Mail, Advanced, Maintenance,...

I haven't had the nag for several weeks now but if it starts up again, I'll certainly give that program a try. Thanks.

I have a fast computer i7 3770, 16 GB RAM, SSD boot drive. Windows 7 was fully booted and ready to go (including Skype, Onedrive and Dropbox) in under 30 seconds. Windows 10 will get to the desktop...

Using Windows 10 64 bit Windows live mail 2012 will not update without causing WLM to stop working immediately after opening. It will allow the reading of mail but cannot send. Repairing did nothing,...