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I'm unable to link my Gmail account to Windows 8 Mail app when I have 2-step verification enabled on my Google account. The error message that's given is: "That email address or password didn't work." Disabling 2-step verification on my Google account fixes the problem. I guess this is really more of a bug report than a question, but I would love to hear if anybody else has a workaround that doesn't require me disabling the security on my Gmail account.
@xandercoded See my answer below for the new method. – cyberbit – 2015-06-25T17:18:03.743
Ooh! I like this! Great solution! – aardvarkk – 2012-10-27T19:16:42.573
@aardvarkk it is the only one. – Prasanth – 2012-10-30T18:22:40.127
6this solution isn't working anymore. those of you that are already connected are "grandfathered in." So, i wouldn't try removing your gmail account and re-trying the sync, won't work... – xandercoded – 2013-03-15T16:36:00.383
@xander This is true, but if you uncheck the contacts and and calendar data it will function. – Highstead – 2013-06-11T05:04:22.130