Can somebody PLEASE give me a working link to Windows Essentials 2012, preferably the offline installer? It's not on Microsoft anymore, and I want to use the Live Mail and Photos apps in place of the default Win10 apps.
Hi Stargate38
I trust this site. That said please scan with your AV. Hopefully Live Mail is included.
While Live Mail still works for a lot of people it could stop at any time depending on your mail supplier.
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/55...ssentials.html
Ken
I have a copy on my Onedrive that I uploaded for others to use. Bear in mind the warnings that Live Mail and Photos are no longer supported and the only prog that I can confirm works is Movie Maker. Also, it has been reported that the installer will not work after a clean install and/or major update like Creators. In any event, here's a link to the file, report back with your results to help others -
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnKd3KPS5H-egZ8vxV3nI8pkFL_TfQ
Welcome to TenForums @Stargate38
You may not find the offline installer is much use any more. It's Movie Maker that I would miss most, so I downloaded the offline installer before it disappeared from Microsoft. Recently I tested installing it on the Creators Update - the install failed with errors. Shortly after a cumulative update the install would no longer work on 1607 either. Essentials is past its 'end of life' and Microsoft are no longer actively supporting it, so it's unsurprising that they haven't tested their latest patches for compatibility with Essential 2012.
While the installer says that it failed, it does seem to install something - a working Movie Maker and Photo Gallery, at least. More of my test results are to be found here...
Windows Essentials 2012 will reach end of support on January 10th 2017...Mail starts, but reports errors in it's core services....
I just installed WLE offline installer on a clean Build 16193, everything works with the exception of Live Messenger prompting an update which installs Skype Desktop
I don't use Windows Live Mail but a Search of my several download Folders [on several drives] shows that over time I've saved 4 copies of Windows Live 2012 [wlsetup-all.exe], available for installing whenever I wish. That in itself says Windows Live is/was not included in a default installation of Windows. I have seen Windows Live come pre-installed on different-brands of OEM computers, that was the OEMs choice just like several years ago a number of OEMs included Microsoft Works, usually free [only time I saw a price it was only $50USD].
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