How to change outlook 2010 pop3 password

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Hi,

I'd like to have roaming outlook profile, the only way I found is to copy the following registery

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles

It restore accounts settings and pst path but outlook ask password for pop3 account.

I did a lot of research through google without luck.

How to change outlook 2010 pop3 password from code (c++,c, etc but it should works for Windows XP and 7) ?

Thanks in advance for any help

Posted 26-Feb-13 8:23am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 26-Feb-13 14:25pm

Not a software development question, I would say, off-topic.
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Mike Meinz · Answer 1 · 2013-02-26T08:57:00

I don't think Microsoft has documented how you can develop software to change an Outlook password. Furthermore, I don't think Microsoft has documented Outlook Profile registry format well enough that I would want to try and develop software to alter it.

Here are some other options that may or may not work for you:

1. You can setup multiple Outlook Profiles (a profile is one or more email accounts) using Control Panel / Mail. Then you can select which Outlook Profile is the default or whether Outlook should prompt for which Outlook Profile to use. I used this several years ago and haven't done it on my current Outlook installation. I remember that there is a way to pass the Outlook Profile name as a command line parameter so you could have a separate shortcut for each profile.

2. Use an Outlook Profile (*.PRF) file to create an Outlook Profile. The Microsoft TechNet web site has an article titled Customize Outlook profiles by using an Outlook Profile (PRF) file[^]. It looks like you have to download the Office Customization Tool[^] from Microsoft's web site. I have never used this.