OL98: (CW) How to Create a New User Profile for Outlook

ID: Q181142

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NOTE: These procedures only apply if you have installed Outlook with the Corporate Workgroup/Other option. This option allows you to use Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) services. To determine your installation type, on the Help Menu click About Microsoft Outlook. In About Microsoft Outlook you should see "Corporate" if you have the Corporate Workgroup installation.

Occasionally, it may be necessary to create a new or an additional user profile for Microsoft Outlook 98. This article describes the steps necessary to do so.


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Steps to Create a New User Profile

  1. On the File menu, click "Exit and Log Off."


  2. Click Start on the Windows taskbar, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.


  3. In Control Panel, double-click the Mail (or Mail and Fax) icon.


  4. On the Services tab, click Show Profiles.


  5. Click Add to start the Inbox Setup Wizard.


  6. Click to select the desired information services, and then click Next.


  7. In the Profile Name box, type a name for the new profile.


  8. Continue with the Inbox Setup Wizard to set up each of the selected services.


  9. You will now see the new profile listed. Change the "When starting Microsoft Windows Messaging use this" setting, to the new profile that you just created.


  10. Restart Outlook to use the new profile.


To Set Outlook to Prompt You for a Profile at Startup Time

  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.


  2. On the Mail Services Tab, under Startup Settings, click to select "Prompt for a profile to be used," and click OK.


  3. On the File menu, click "Exit and Log Off."


The next time you start Outlook, you are prompted to select a user profile.

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Platform          : WINDOWS 
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Last Reviewed: July 28, 1999