I recently upgraded from Windows Live Essentials to Windows Essentials 2012.  Now I can NOT seem to find out how to search/find an old message (i.e. by sender, recipient, subject, content, etc.).  I see the FIND button, but it only shows the TEXT search;  The "message" portion is greyed out and does NOT work.  Step by step, how do I access the message search box/feature?

Also, how do I accessmy CONTACTS for editing and the creation of groups?  In the old WLM version it had a "GO TO" menu.  I can't find a way to get to my CONTACTS list do the group management in 2012.

Your help would be appreciated.  Thank you.

Bob Woolf, aka Olde GreyWoolf
The reason given was 0x80004004.  I tried all of the steps.  Sept 2 would not allow me to click on default.  Step 3 I could not find what they ssuggested and Step 4 could not find what they suggested.  Can I uninstall Essentials and reinstall?
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is incorrectly configured please re-install.