I had a notification in the systray a couple of hours ago that Live Essentials had an update. I ran this but noticed as soon as it had installed that the Live Mail icon disappeared from the taskbar. I can not access my Windows Live Mail at all. There is a blank file icon in the programs list but it will not open. I have tried a system restore but that will not complete, says a file is in use/disable AV. I have disabled my AV and system restore will still not complete even in safe mode., tried a few different restore points.

I have run a full AV scan and a malware scan with Malwarebytes, all clear. I reinstalled Windows Essentials ( it says I have the latest version anyway) but I still cannot run Live Mail.

Was there an update to Windows Essentials today or was it bogus?