These instructions show you how to change the Inbox folder new messages are delivered to. This does not apply to IMAP or Exchange accounts (including Office 365 and Outlook.com) - those accounts always use their own Inbox and you need to use Rules to move messages to other folders. Along with the Inbox, the default  

How to create an email account that will be used only to send email from a forwarded email address.

This is actually a Windows7 and Vista tip with an Outlook angle. It works in older versions of Windows as well, but only with the QuickLaunch toolbar. (Outlook 2010 uses Win7's jump list capability for shortcuts for new items. ) A user asked this question: I'd like to have a shortcut in my system tray  

With the introduction of two-factor authorization since the original date of this article, there is a second (and becoming more common) cause of this error: Outlook needs the app password, as it will not currently bring up the second authorization screen. The message that comes up when Outlook can't set up an encrypted connection automatically  

How to create an email account to only receive email, not send it, in Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2013.

Outlook 2003 introduced a new file format which supports larger data file size (default is 20 GB) and unlimited messages per data file. This new format is commonly known as "Unicode". To determine which format your pst file is, you need to look on the data file properties dialog. The pst file needs to be  

Although Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010's autodiscover feature makes short work of creating profiles, using a PRF to create profiles is still useful, especially if you use a lot of personal folders (*.pst) or have a large number of POP3 and IMAP accounts and are testing Windows betas. Most users will be happy just to  

How to import a backup copy of a .wab file and to Outlook installed on Windows 7 or 8,

When you accidentally delete Outlook items, you can usually recover them from the Deleted Items folder. Simply locate the deleted item in the Deleted Items folder and drag it to the folder you want it in, or use the Move to folder command. If you have a lot of deleted items and you know about  

How to use a batch (.bat) file to backup your Microsoft Outlook personal folders data file.