Outlook 2010 - make it use the only profile automatically

I recently had to re-install my machine with Windows 7 x64 Professional, and Office 2010 including Outlook.

Since that new installation, whenever I launch Outlook, it prompts for the the profile to use - I only ever have a single one. I cannot seem to make it use that profile as the default - even though I clicked on that option in the "Choose profile" dialog box every time since reinstallation..... doesn't seem to stick. Can't seem to find a way to set up that feature in Outlook itself, either.... any ideas??

marc_s

Posted 2010-07-30T16:01:46.423

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Answers

Check this page, specifically the section towards the bottom "How to configure Outlook 2010, Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2003 to open a specific email profile". I think it's a control panel setting you need to change.

JNK

Posted 2010-07-30T16:01:46.423

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+1 wish I could upvote you 1'000 times! That was a bull's eye - yup, with that setting, everything's back to "normal". Great tip, thanks! Wonder why on earth that's hidden in Control Panel and not accessible from Outlook anywhere..... (things that make you go hhmmm.....) – marc_s – 2010-07-30T16:11:56.167

1It's an "undocumented feature" :) – JNK – 2010-07-30T16:13:29.003

1yup - there's a several minute delay built in...... – marc_s – 2010-07-30T16:17:13.750

Go to Control Panel → Mail → Profile → Show Profiles, and check "Always use this profile" for Windows 7 with Outlook 2007.

allplums

Posted 2010-07-30T16:01:46.423

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2Hello allplums. Well, thats the same which JNKs answer refers to. – nixda – 2012-12-30T23:35:48.037