Update - Mail app not working. Updated - Windows 10 Mail app doesn't work, calendar opens for hours

The new operating system called Windows 10 has a very wide range of new interesting features. Hidden features can make life easier for every user. It is especially worth paying attention to such a tool as the Calendar.

What is so important in the calendar

It may seem to the user - why did this calendar stand out so much that they decided to mark it separately from everything else. In fact, he doesn't matter at all. But it's much more pleasant to use the operating system with all its inherent functions, isn't it?

The calendar in Windows 10 is hidden from the eyes of ordinary users. It is not clear for what and why it was done. But in order to scratch it out of the bowels of the operating system, you will have to dig deeper into the files and folders.

This tool is a regular calendar, over which there is a clock. The panel with it is able to display on itself:

• Time to seconds in any format, according to user preferences.
• The exact date today.
• Calendar for the current month of this year.
• Alarm clocks that must be set in advance.

It is shown with the help of an ordinary mouse click on the clock in the taskbar. That is, where we are used to seeing them. If in previous versions of Windows a similar window was built in by default, then in 10-ke now it must first be activated.

The calendar has so far only a test mode. Perhaps it was because of this that it was hidden from the eyes of Windows 10 users. So far, the tool performs only one function - displaying the current time and today's date.

How to activate this feature

In order for Windows 10 to learn how to show us its calendar, we will have to write a couple of lines to the code for it. It sounds far scarier than it does.

First you need to open the registry editor. The easiest way to do this is to use the Run command. To do this, press the Win + R combination on the computer keyboard in sequence and wait for the new process to appear.

In the small window that appears with a line, enter the regedit command, after which you need to press Enter. After completing this action, a new window will appear, which will be called the Registry Editor.

In this undoubtedly useful tool, we will need to go through the following branches of the “hive” of folders and subfolders:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell

As soon as you enter the target folder, you will need to create another new parameter in it. To do this, right-click on an empty white field, and then select "Create" from the menu that appears. There you will already have to look for the desired parameter, which will be called DWORD (32 bits). Its detailed location is indicated in the screenshot under number 1.

The name of such a parameter should be the same as indicated in the screenshot under the number 2. It is it that is responsible for using the new beautiful clock and calendar in Windows 10.

After saving a fresh file, you can safely close the editor and admire your new Calendar application. It will not disappear anywhere as long as this parameter exists.

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Have you lost your signature Mail, People, and Calendar apps on your tablet, laptop, or PC that you need at work?

In fact, they have not gone away: it's just that your operating system can no longer run any of them. Today, without going into details about the reasons for the inability to run any of these applications, I want to tell you about a fairly simple way to get them back up and running.

To do this, you need to follow the following simple instructions

How to bring back the People, Mail and Calendar apps on a Windows 10 device

1. First of all, you need to log in to your tablet, laptop or PC with a Microsoft account

2. We remove all the above applications from your device using the method described in this material using the following powershell command:

get-appxpackage -allusers *communi* | remove-appxpackage

3. Close OneDrive: right-click on the application icon in the tray and select "Exit" in the menu that opens

4. Delete (or rename if we want to keep its contents) the contents of the folder C:\Users\[your username]\ AppData\Local\Comms(in Explorer it looks like C:\users\[your username]\ AppData\Local\Comms)

5. Go to Settings -> Accounts -> Your account, and switch to sign in with a local account (Sign in with a local account instead). We log out of the system and log in again already under it.

6. Install the Mail and Calendar app and the People app from the store.

7. We launch Mail (Mail) and enter ("Get started" or "Get started") in the Microsoft account (Add Account). If the message "invalid or outdated account settings" appears, ignore it.

8. Go to "Settings" -> Accounts -> Your account, and switch to signing in with a Microsoft account.

The Mail & Calendar app lets you conveniently access your mail, manage your schedule, and stay in touch with other users. The application supports Outlook, Yahoo, Gmail and other accounts and is suitable for both work and home use.

Some Windows 10 users have encountered the problem of the Mail application, the application does not open, it suddenly quits. Microsoft has created recommendations to fix this issue.

In order for the Mail and Calendar application to restore its work, you need to follow a few simple steps:

1. If your mail is not syncing, not opening, or showing an error, resetting the app may fix these issues, follow .

1. Use "Troubleshooter" to solve problems with apps from the store. Like other tools for "Windows 10 Troubleshooting", you can find it by opening "Settings" → "Update and Security" → "Troubleshooting". Read more in our article:

1. goes pretty easy. Via PowerShell either or using third party utilities. After the app is removed, a fresh copy of the mail app can be installed from the official Windows 10 store.

You can also try deleting the "Comms" folder, this works for many users.

1. On the menu " Start" click on your account icon, in the context menu select "Change account settings".

2. In the Settings app that opens, click the link "Sign in with a local account instead."

3. In the next window, confirm with the Microsoft account owner password.

4. In the next window, enter the username for the local entry. It is not necessary to enter a password. And press the button Further".

5. In a new window, click the button "Log out and finish work."

6. We enter the operating system with the created local entry.

7. Let's go to the next path C:\Users\xxxxxx\AppData\Local , where C:\ drive letter on which it is installed Windows 10 but xxxxxx Username. Important: You must have enabled - "Show hidden files, folders and drives"

8. Find and rename the folder " Comms" in Comms.old

9. Restart your PC.

10. Repeat the first step, click on the inscription: "Sign in with a Microsoft account instead" after a successful login, the folder " Comms.old» can be deleted.

Your Applications Mail and Calendar» work!

As you probably already know, the latest cumulative updates to the Windows 10 operating system not only did not bring any noticeable improvements to the system, but also “broke” applications such as Mail, Calendar and People. Since Microsoft itself keeps deathly silence on this issue, users themselves are looking for ways to solve this problem. You are offered two options.

Method one:

1. Press CTRL + Shift + ESC to open Task Manager.
2. Click File > Start New Task.
3. Make sure you have the "Create this task with administrative privileges" checkbox checked.
4. Enter command cmd and press "Enter".
5. At the command prompt, enter the following commands:
   Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

If the commands above completed and did not lead to a solution, run the following commands:

1. At the command prompt, enter the command PowerShell and press "Enter"
2. Then paste the command Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach (Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml") and press "Enter"

Method two:

1. Download the "Show or hide updates" utility from the link.
2. Delete KB3081436. The computer will restart during the uninstall process.
3. Check for updates - an installation message will appear KB3081436.
4. Without installing the update, run the utility. Select menu "Hide updates" and in the list that opens, check the box next to KB3081436. Click Next. The system will display a message - the update has been fixed. Close the utility.
5. Since the Update Center remains ready for installation KB3081436, choose a different installation time, and restart your computer.
6. Next, go to Update Center > More. Options > Update History > Uninstall updates, if KB3081436 is present, uninstall again. After reboot, check for updates.
7. To restore updates, select the option " Show hide updates".

In Windows 10, Mail, as you know, works together with Calendar, and together they seem to “help you keep track of your mail (not only in Windows, but also in Exchange, Outlook, etc.), manage your schedule and stay in touch with people who are important to you...

In general, it works mail good, but it also happens that it is also buggy (not synchronized, for example). Moreover, sometimes it’s completely tight, and in order to quickly and reliably fix the problem, the easiest way is to take and reinstall the entire application, that is, first delete it, and then download and install it again.

And everything would be fine, but in Mail and Calendar- this is the so-called built-in application, therefore there is no separate "Delete" button for it. Therefore, it is necessary to apply, so to speak, a detour maneuver.

Fortunately, in Windows 10 there is such a thing as PowerShell, through which (more precisely, through a special command in which) you can “demolish” Mail and Calendar, both temporarily and permanently. And now we will tell you how to do it. So,..

How to uninstall the built-in Mail and Calendar app from Windows 10

So, to begin with, we note a couple of important points. Firstly , it makes sense to use this method when either reinstalling Mail in the usual way fails (the button does not work), or it becomes necessary to remove the application completely.

BUT Secondly , if you delete Mail , then the Calendar is deleted automatically. With this, there are no options, therefore, before deleting / reinstalling Mail, it is better to backup all data from both Mail and Calendar (just in case).

The procedure for uninstalling the Mail app using PowerShell is as follows:

• click " Start «;
• find through search Windows PowerShell , right-click on the icon and select " Run as Administrator «;
• In the PowerShell window, enter the following command, then press Enter:

• after that, the Mail and Calendar application will be completely removed from the computer (and from Windows 10):

Then you can use any of those compatible with Windows 10. Or put the standard Mail in a new way. You can always download and install it from the Microsoft Store. To do this, just go to the application page"Mail and Calendar" on the Microsoft Store website, click the " Get the app " and then - " Install «.