ExSp33db1rd, I agree. Before I had to convert to Windows 7, Outlook Express was ideal. Whereas Windows Live Mail was abysmal - I hated it. As I had Office installed, I started using Outlook instead - that's the real Outloook, not the confusingly named Outlook.com, which is what Micro$oft now terms Hotmail.
Bill Gates and his cronies have killed off a number of useful programs, such as Outlook Express, Photo Editor and AutoRoute. Even the replacement for Photo Editor, Microsoft Office Picture Manager has been removed from the latest (frankly hideous) versions of Office....
As for all that 'cloud based' hippy village cr@p which requires users to be online to use it.......
But at least Windows 10 isn't as dire as Windows 8 or 8.1, I suppose.