If the settings on the Auto Account Setup page aren't filled in or aren't correct, do the following: Next to have Outlook finish setting up your account. If the settings are filled in and they're correct, click Name and E-mail Address settings based on how you're logged on to your computer. If the Microsoft Outlook Startup wizard doesn't appear, on the Outlook toolbar, click theĪuto Account Setup page, Outlook may automatically fill in the Your If the Microsoft Outlook Startup wizard appears, on the first page of the wizard, click Set up your Office 365 email in Outlook 2016 or Outlook 2019 Step 2: Connect your desktop version of Outlook to Office 365Īfter you have run Office 365 desktop setup, connect your desktop version of Outlook that you're using to Office 365.
Microsoft desktop application will install, once installed a confirmation box will appear.
Before you run Office 365 desktop setup, be sure that your computer meets the software requirements for Office 365 for business. Use Office 365 desktop setup to configure your desktop applications and install required updates. You can set up Microsoft Outlook 2013 and above to access your Office 365 email. Outlook Account settings can be backup by exporting their registry key from a system and restore by importing the exported registry key to the new system.Microsoft withdrew support for Outlook 2010 on 13 October 2020. It has defined a way to create the backup of the Outlook settings. The Blog has been aimed to make users understand the importance of backup to avoid loss of data.
All the Outlook account settings will be restored in the new system.
Launch the Outlook and user will need to re-enter the password of the Outlook account.Click on 'Yes' to User Account Control prompt window. A pop up window asking for permission to make changes in registry editor will be displayed.Go to the location where the Profiles registry key is saved and double-click on it to import Outlook account settings inside the registry.After backup is done, we can use the exported Profiles registry key file to restore the Outlook account settings in the new system.Select the "destination location" to save the exported registry key file and write a "filename" for the exported registry key file and Press 'Save'.Go to "Profiles" under Outlook Folder and "right-click" to "Export".The Registry Editor will be opened, and we will export the Outlook profile found under the location on the registry: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles".To open Registry Editor, go to Start and type "regedit" on the search box and press "Enter".Since the wizard was not Outlook specific, it did not support restore to another version of Office & was removed in Office 2007. In earlier versions of MS Office, Save My Settings Wizard was present that can be used for creating backup of the settings but can only be used to restore it to the same machine. User needs to re-enter the password of the Outlook account on the new computer. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profilesīackup of Outlook settings involves export of the key from our registry and then import it to new system.
It may be difficult for many users to create backup of Outlook settings as it is kept inside the Windows registry under the following path: Creating backup of Outlook settings will help user to restore or transfer Outlook account settings to another computer. In order to avoid this, it is always recommended that users take regular backup of MS Outlook's data and store them on removable media. Suppose there comes a situation where the user's system is crashed unexpectedly, which may lead to loss of all the Outlook information. The blog will be discussing the way to create the backup of Outlook settings. Hence, users understand how important it is to have all these data stored safely. Users of Outlook rely on it for most of the communications, schedules, and contacts management. Similarly, we can create backup our Outlook profiles, accounts and personal settings. Creating a backup is the safest option to keep our important data protected from wrong hands.