Select Advanced then choose a new start up folder. Go to File, Options (#3 in the first screenshot). The folder that Outlook opens to will be changed to the Inbox. Restarting Outlook is required if you are using Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2010. If you're using Outlook 2016, you won't be required to restart Outlook after adding the account but you will need to restart it before changing the Address book. If you want to confirm these settings, go to File, Account settings (#2 in the first screenshot) to open the email settings dialog to verify. Outlook will ask for the password after it finds the account.Īfter adding the account, the data file will be set as default data file but the default email account won't be changed. Because it's going to be setup as an Exchange account, you can leave the name and password fields empty. In Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2013, the dialog looks like this. In updated versions of Outlook 2016, the dialog looks like this: This uses auto account setup to create the account in Outlook as a Microsoft Exchange account. In Outlook, go to File, click Add and enter your email address and click Connect (or Next).

You'll need to use the address to set up the account in Outlook. If it does not have an email address associated with it, add an ' alias' to the account. If you have a Microsoft account, you don't need to create a new account. If you don’t have an account (or Microsoft Account), go to and create an account.

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