There's an update to Windows Live Essentials -- getting my e-mail this morning the update notice popped up. You can also get the full or web install downloads from Neowin -- I only found the web update at Microsoft's Essentials site. http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-essentials-16435220110
Problem I had immediately after install is that many of the links in win7 no longer worked, e.g. the Windows Explorer icon on the task bar, but that stuff was all restored after a restart with one exception -- or I should say I'm only aware of one exception, & that's the Live Mail app. Live Mail popped up an error message that wldcore.dll was missing.
Since the setup program obviously messed up, my 1st reaction was to reinstall the Live Essentials package, but neither the full or web install would run, saying a newer version was installed. Going to Control Panel -> Programs and Features I found Windows Essentials in the list, selected it, & clicked Repair -- no joy there either, & again I had to reboot to get things working. OK, so gotta fix it...
If you have the same problem the maybe easiest way is to find C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\wldcore.dll & copy it into C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Mail . The *maybe* more correct fix is to edit the path in the registry, so the Mail app knows to look in that shared folder for any of the 20 files there. TO do that in Regedit go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\wlmail.exe & add the path to the Shared folder to the Path value -- I added a 2nd path as well, appending the following from the wlsettings.exe key: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live . To make it easier if you want, you can copy/paste the following into a new txt file opened in Notepad, saved, & then renamed with a .reg extension. Double click the new .reg file to add the paths to the registry.
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\wlmail.exe]
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78,00,65,00,00,00
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