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dude95
Mar 20, 2022Copper Contributor
Primary Account Deleted from desktop Outlook. Now can't add new job's email
Left a job that I had email attached to home outlook account. Now I have new job with new o365 account. Office applications are now downloaded and under that new account except for Outlook.
I have created the account under Windows->Settings->Access Work or School Account. But at the same time, the new account does not show up under emails and accounts (attepmting to add gives error message "This Microsoft Account Doesn't Exist").
When I open Outlook - tries to have me log on to old account. I just hit cancel and it goes into Outlook without a connection. When trying to add a new account, error message "This email address has already been added".
I've actually uninstalled and installed outlook - still can't get new work email added to outlook without this error. Anyone have any ideas?
- Forrest_HSteel ContributorGet into Control Panel > User Accounts > Mail (Microsoft Outlook)
Profiles > Show Profiles. Select the Profile in the window and then click the Properties button
Then click the Email Accounts button and navigate the Editor to make the required changes.
You will probably have the old Company ID listed and need to remove that and add the new company email.- dude95Copper Contributor
This basically got me to the same spot in outlook as File->Account->Account settings. I can get my personal live account (same as hotmail) as the primary. But trying to add my new company still gets the following error (even though I see no reference to that email in Account Settings.
- JesperKaCopper Contributor
dude95
I had a similar issue. I had no visible email account for the removed email and I got an error when I tried to re-add the email account under File -> Add Account.
What I did was:
Go to File -> Office Account -> Switch Account -> Choose the old account(It was still accessible from here) -> Sign out -> Then re-add the account under File -> Add Account.
Hope this helps you and future readers.