

You have transferred (copied) the Outlook PST data file (e.g.The new user account on the new computer has the same name, as the old user account (on the old computer).

If you to want to restore your Outlook account settings to your new computer by using the exported “ Profiles” registry key file (as described at Step 1) without problems, make sure that:

Outlook Accounts – Import How to Import (Restore) Outlook Profile Account Settings your backup location), the filename for the exported registry key file (e.g. Specify the destination location to save the exported registry key file (e.g.

Outlook Accounts – Export How to Export (Backup) Outlook Proflie Account Settingsġ. The only disadvantage of this procedure, is that you have to re-Enter your passwords for your email accounts on the new computer. So if you want to backup your Account Settings from Outlook you have to export that key from your registry and then import it to your new computer. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\ Profiles.Unfortunately there is not a user friendly way to backup your Outlook Account settings because in all Outlook versions the account settings are kept inside the Windows registry under this key: In this article I explain the way to backup your Outlook account settings and then restore (transfer) them to another computer.
