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User Name and Password request on each opening of Windows Live Mail 2012. How to fix!

Windows Live Mail, Version 2012 (Build 16.4.3528.0331)
Windows 10.

Every time I open this I am asked for user name and password, How can I fix it so that when I open the program it automatically  knows my user name and password.

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I have setup WLM 2012 on more than one PC and never had this problem.  Did you setup the account properly?  And, what is the domain you are using for the email account (i.e. @mydomian.com, @Hotmail.com, etc)?
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I use three email addresses (@eircom.net and @gmail.com and @yahoo.ie
Does it prompt for all three or just some of them?
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Not sure how to proceed. I am sending two photos. 1. of Sign in Box (user name and password). 2. Sign in Box with drop down user names.

What happens is that I can sign in successfully but the automatic sign in feature does not work (in other words  every time I sign in I am  asked for password).

I went to 'Control panel', 'manage your credential', and 'windows credentials'. There was a reference to Windows Live Mail as follows: 'Windows Live (token): names= smarchives44@eircom.net.' When I expand this I am given the user name and password. The user name (email address) is an OLD ONE not the one which now works on this laptop when I sign into Live mail.
My problem may have something to do with this.
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WLM has a nasty side effect of deleting all of the emails associated with each account if you delete the account so be careful; but, here is an article on adding and deleting accounts:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/14054/windows-live-mail-add-account

And, as a note, it is the "old" account that is causing your prompting problem.
It worked. I followed your advice, Brian B. and it did the trick. Now the email is opening without asking me to insert my user name and password.
Thanks for your patience in  walking me through this.
It worked. Thanks to Expert Brian B. for his patience and expertise