Tuesday, May 17, 2016

How to change the display nome of outlook.com account / ost-file in folder pane in Outlook 2013/2016

My outlook 2016 was showing my outlook.com account using my microsoft account e-mail address. I was looking for a way how to rename the "blabla@outlook.com" to "Outlook.com-Account", like i can be done with POP/IMAP accounts.
But the properties of the data file only showed me the path to the .ost-file, but no Textbox to enter a Display name.

How i fixed it:

I found the solution a Microsoft answers forum, posted by Verdhaham Shetti:

Here's his solution, which worked for me:

"Let's follow the steps to change the mail box name for EAS account.
  1. Go to File > Options > Advanced > Click on Send/Receive
  2. Press the Edit.
  3. Select your Outlook.com/Hotmail account on the left.
  4. Press the Account Properties.
  5. Type the display name for your account on the General tab.
  6. Press OK until all dialogs are closed and you are back in the main Outlook window. "
Reference:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2016-outlook/how-to-rename-mailbox-display-name-in-outlook-2016/4d63be01-acd5-4b31-b228-9c1a829a7182


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