Outlook: How to restart adding an e-mail account (Windows)

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    If you accidently closed the wizard while adding an e-mail account to Outlook, you can restart the process by following these instructions: 

     

    • Close Outlook.
    • To remove your email profile from your computer do the following:
      • Open Control Panel.
      • Open Mail (32-bit).
      • Click Show Profiles and remove the selected e-mail profile.
      • A warning about losing cached content pops up. Click Yes to continue, there is no cached content yet.

    Start Outlook and wait for the new e-mail account wizard to launch automatically.

    See Detailed help for illustrated instructions, please.

    If you accidently closed the wizard while adding an e-mail account to Outlook, you can restart the process by following these instructions: 

     

    • Close Outlook.
    • To remove your email profile from your computer do the following:
       
    • Open Control Panel.

    Open Mail (32-bit).

    Click Show Profiles.

    Select your e-mail profile and click Remove.

    A warning about losing cached content pops up. Click Yes to continue, there is no cached content yet.

    Start Outlook and wait for the new e-mail account wizard to launch automatically.

    What if I accidently closed the wizard and it won't start again? Take a look at the instructions.

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