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OUTLOOK 2016 ACCOUNT SETTINGS NOT SAVING FULL
OUTLOOK 2016 ACCOUNT SETTINGS NOT SAVING SOFTWARE
OUTLOOK 2016 ACCOUNT SETTINGS NOT SAVING PASSWORD

I decided to delete my profile but I didn’t want to go through the process of creating 50 new e-mail accounts manually. I tried every trick I know, disabled every single add-on and still couldn’t Send/Receive to work automatically. By the way, I love the ability to customize my ribbon settings, export the configuration and then import it on other computers.įor the past several weeks the automatic Send/Receive feature in Outlook stopped working. Interestingly, starting with Office 2007, you can export and import the ribbon configuration in most of the Office applications, including Outlook but exporting and importing the e-mail account settings is not an option. I was really hoping Outlook developers will add a backup functionality but they didn’t. Over the years, I have asked Microsoft experts, fellow instructors, Outlook experts, and searched the Internet. I have been searching for a solution for a long time. Every time a new version of Outlook comes out, or I have to create an Outlook profile on a different computer, I have to start from scratch and add all these accounts manually. Due to the nature of my business as an instructor and consultant, I manage several networks and for various reasons I have close to 50 accounts (mostly POP3) that I use in my Outlook profile. It doesn’t allow you to export Outlook settings, such as all the POP3 and IMAP accounts that you have configured. The export option is used to either export RSS feeds, or export messages in a folder.

In Outlook there is an Export option but it is used for a different purpose. For the most part they do, but in case of Microsoft Outlook they never added that functionality, despite the fact that this is a feature that is desperately needed. Unfortunately, that is not always the case.

OUTLOOK 2016 ACCOUNT SETTINGS NOT SAVING SOFTWARE

You would imagine that when the developers develop a software product they would consider the ability to export (backup) configuration settings as one of the most basic features of the software. Last updated on September 10, 2018.One thing that has been missing from Microsoft Outlook is the ability to Import/Export settings. Double click on the account name to open the older Change Account dialog.

OUTLOOK 2016 ACCOUNT SETTINGS NOT SAVING PASSWORD

Enter your new password then click OK to save and close the dialog.įrom the Mail Setup dialog, accessible through File, Account Settings, Manage Accounts or Control Panel, Mail.Īfter opening Mail Setup dialog, click Email accounts (or the Show Profiles button if you have more than one profile).

(You can also open it from File, Options, Mail or from the Send/Receive menu > Send/Receive Groups > Define Send/Receive Groups.)

Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open Send/Receive settings.

Accessing the properties dialog from Send/Receive Settings is not new, but for the most part, it was just another way to get into properties dialog. Open the Account Properties dialog through Send and Receive settings.

You can also delete the credential from Credential Manager to force Outlook to bring up the password dialog. , Office 365 Exchange online, and other Exchange users can either wait for Outlook to ask for the password. Note that you can only change POP3, IMAP, and SMTP passwords using these methods.

OUTLOOK 2016 ACCOUNT SETTINGS NOT SAVING FULL

If you want to check the server and port settings too, you can access the full account settings dialog one of two ways. While Outlook will ask you to enter the password on the next send and receive, you can use the Reset Mail Settings button in the bottom left of the dialog to reset the account. With Outlook’s new simplified Account Setting dialog, users have discovered the password field and server settings are no longer accessible through the File, Account Settings dialog.