Resolve Windows Live Mail Error 0x800C013E in Windows 10/8/7

Windows Live Mail users face this error code 0x800C013E several times and it is impossible to work with this error. Hence, it becomes necessary to resolve this error. Generally, users face error 0x800C013E in WLM 2014 after the launch of new update. You can get this error immediately when try to open Windows Live Mail email client.

There might be other reasons as well behind this error like opening of an account in different applications (Outlook, Skype, Office 365, etc.) with same Microsoft account.

In this article, we have discussed the probable solutions to resolve Windows Live Mail error code 0x800C013E.

Probable Solutions to fix error code 0x800C013E in Windows Live Mail

Here are some probable solution to fix WLM error 0x800C013E.

1. Compatibility Issues

If Windows Live Mail stopped working, incompatibility with the system could be one reason behind error 0x800C013E. This needs users to check that there is no system or app update left on their system. If you find all applications and Windows are updated, to fix this issue, you need to follow the given steps –

Go to the below address for Windows Live Mail

• 32 bit – C:\Program Files (X86) \Windows Live Mail
• 64 bit – C:/Program Files \Windows Live Mail

Or, you can paste it in File Explorer.

Go to Properties by right-click on wlmail.exe. Select the compatibility tab and mark “Run this program in compatibility mode”

Now, select Windows 7 from the options.

Enable Run this program as administrator. Apply and click on OK button.

Restart Windows Live Mail and check the problem is gone or not.

2. Creating a new account

To resolve WLM error 0x800C013E, you can create a new Windows Live Mail account. As we mentioned above, due to having same Microsoft account with multiple applications, this error can occur.

Given are the steps to create a new account –

• Open Windows Live Mail application.
• Click on account icon and select sign out of the account option.
• Login with a new account and check for the error.

3. Change Value from Registry Editor

You can modify corrupted entries from registry keys to get rid of error 0x800C013E. If you have checked the above two methods and they are failed to resolve this error. Then, you can open Registry Editor and modify the Live Mail key entries. To do this, given are the steps –

• Close Windows Live Mail.
• Press Window + R keys together and type Regedit in Run window. Now, press Enter button.
• Go to the given path – HKEY_CURRENT_USER >Software> Microsoft> Windows Live Mail
• Search DWORD entries – RecreateFolderindex, RecreateStreamindex, RecreateUIDLindex. If no entry is available, Right-click and choose new >DWORD value. Name this entry RecreateFolderIndex.
• Double click on all entries and enter ‘I’ inside price data field.
• Close the registry and Restart your system to apply these changes.

Final Words

With this post, we shared probable solutions to resolve Windows Live Mail error 0x800C013E. If any of the methods are unable to resolve your issue then we suggest you to move to other applications like Microsoft Outlook. As WLM has not been supported by Microsoft and most of the users move towards Outlook so we also suggest other users to switch to Outlook. For moving Windows Live Mail data to Outlook, use Datavare EML to PST Converter professional solution. It is a safe solution to export all mailboxes from WLM to Outlook.