Account definitions

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bill

Where are the email account definitions stored? I need to get the info for a
new install of Outlook. TIA
 
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Diane Poremsky [MVP]

unlike Outlook Express, you can't export the 'definitions' and move them to
another machine. You can look at the account info and write it down (tools,
accounts or tools, services) but that's about it.
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm#accounts

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Brian Tillman

bill said:
Where are the email account definitions stored? I need to get the
info for a new install of Outlook. TIA
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They're kept in the registry in the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\yourprofilename

Conceivably you could export this key to a .reg file and import it on
another machine, but it won't save any passwords associated with the
accounts and it could very well have subkeys for accounts that no longer
exist. Best practices says that you recreate your accounts on the other
machine using the accounts wizard on that machine.
 
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