I can send a single email, and exit the Windows Live Mail program. The next time I try to access the program I only get a small window which says, Windows Live Mail. Below that it says, "Sending email using Comcast (j78b)..." Below that it says "Not Connected". Then there is a green stripe filling a long box. If I click on "Details", below that are two tabs. The one marked "Errors" just displays an empty box. The one marked "Tasks" always shows two entries:

Send 1 message(s) using Comcast (j78b).          Completed

Send 1 message(s) using Comcast (j78b).          Executing

The first entry has a check-mark in front of it.

The second entry has a small triangle in front of it.

That's where it hangs. The only way to "cure" the problem is to reboot, but then it recurs.

This problem just surfaced spontaneously today, after I had restored some email files which got deleted accidentally, using Carbonite.

Please tell me what is going on, and what to do about it. If I reinstall Windows Live Mail, will it wipe out all my email messages? Of course, I'd rather not go that route!