How do I rename a Windows Live Hotmail account in Outlook?

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Aloke - 12 Mar 2008 04:51 GMT

I am using Outlook to access my Windows Live Hotmail email account via
Outlook Connector (this is what the MS Office site suggested). Everything
seems to work and I see my email account folders in Outlook under
'<username>@hotmail.com', but I wanted to rename this to something friendly
like 'Hotmail (<username>)', and cannot find a way to do this? Did MS forget
to provide this functionality via Outlook Connector, or is there a way to do
this that someone can outline for me?

Thanks,
Aloke

Reply to this Message

Roady [MVP] - 12 Mar 2008 14:39 GMT

Funny enough I was planning to blog this tonight on
http://www.msoutlook.info.
It is possible to do this via the registry. I currently don't have my notes
with me to tell you the exact key you need to rename.
When you do a search for your Hotmail address in the regkey below you'll
find 2 entries in different locations. You should modify the value in the
location that has the most entries.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\<profilename>

Signature

Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----

> I am using Outlook to access my Windows Live Hotmail email account via
> Outlook Connector (this is what the MS Office site suggested). Everything
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> Thanks,
> Aloke

Reply to this Message