Windows Live Mail Error 0x8de00005: How to Fix It in 5 Steps

You can try to delete the old account and set up a new IMAP account

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Windows Live Mail users have reported facing 0x8de00005 error, which prevents them from using the mail app. Notably, users aren’t able to send/receive mail using their accounts.

This issue mostly is reported by users on older versions of Windows and it can causeWindows Live Mail to stop working. In this guide, we will give you a bunch of solutions that you can apply to resolve theWindows Live Mail error 0x8de00005on your PC. Let us get right into it.

What is Windows Live Mail error 0x8de00005?

When your PC throws aWindows Live Mail error 0x8de00005, then you will get either of a couple of the deficiency codes, i.e., 3219 or 3202. The causes are usually the following:

How can I fix the Windows Live Mail error 0x8de00005?

Here are a few quick things that you can try out before going ahead with the advanced solutions;

Now let us take a look at some advanced solutions if the above preliminary ones did not fix the issue.

1. Configure Hotmail correctly

2. Deactivate the old account

3. Add a new account

4. Remove the old account

Once you have shifted all your email messages from your old account to your new one (which you have added using solution 2), then, you can go ahead and remove your old account following the steps mentioned in this solution.

Do note that removing the account is irreversible, i.e., you won’t be able to get it back. So, make sure that you have transferred all your emails from your old account to your new one before deleting them.

5. Enable IMAP in your Gmail account

That is it from us in this guide. We also have a guide that will help you resolve theOutlook cannot log on error message. And ifOutlook won’t openon your PC, there’s a dedicated article for that as well.

Let us know in the comments below, which one of the above solutions helped you resolve the Windows Live Mail error 0x8de00005.

Windows Live Mail Error 0x8de00005: How to Fix It in 5 Steps#

What is Windows Live Mail error 0x8de00005?#

How can I fix the Windows Live Mail error 0x8de00005?#

1. Configure Hotmail correctly#

2. Deactivate the old account#

3. Add a new account#

4. Remove the old account#

5. Enable IMAP in your Gmail account#