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OS Win7Pro; 2-step authentication on; changed password
PP unable to download mail

error overview below

--- Version ---
OS: Windows 7 (x64)
POP Peeper: 5.4.6.0
Webmail: 5.1.0.0
SSL: 1.1.1.21
IMAP: 5.4.6.0
RSS: 5.4.5.0
SendMail: 5.4.6.0
Notification Voice: 5.4.5.0 (disabled)
Profile Picture: 5.4.6.0
AntiJunk: 5.4.6.0
Spell Checker: 5.4.6.0
Trusted Sites: 5.4.6.0
PPTweaker: 5.4.6.0
Sent Mail Viewer: 5.4.5.0
PPbackup: 5.4.5.0
PPextras: 5.4.5.0
Updater: 1.0.0.0

Program folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\POP Peeper\
Ini file: C:\Users\Susan\AppData\Roaming\POP Peeper\poppeeper.ini
Data folder: D:\PopPeeperSus\

--- Error ---
susflowG [1000: IMAP] ['imap.gmail.com' (993) SSL: 1] [Smtp: 'smtp.gmail.com' (465) SSL: 1] [oauth: 0] [consec: 9]
- Login Error ([ALERT] Application-specific password required: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833 Failure) -- Edit account: pp://EditAccount?c3VzZmxvd0c= Tip: Edit the account and enable OAuth2, or use the following link: Set Oauth2: pp://OAuth2?c3VzZmxvd0c=

You need to make sure that you've provided POP Peeper with the app-specific password. I'm fairly certain that Gmail only responds with "Application-specific password required" if it is still trying to login with your main password.