Changing my profile name

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When I click the link to open Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 I am then
prompted to pick a profile. I have the profile name: outlook. How can I chang
it? I have tried control panel, user accts mail ect.. but I don't see wher to
chane it because all of the info is correct and uses my right name. Can
anyone help?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Why do you feel a need to change the profile name? The name of the profile has no bearing on Outlook's operation at all.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

there is no real reason to change it, but you could try copying it and
changing the name on the copy... or make a new profile and choose the name
you want.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Why do you feel a need to change the profile name? The name of the
profile has no bearing on Outlook's operation at all.

OT, but I've always found this annoying as well - particularly when
someone's profile was set up by default with "outlook" and I want to add new
profiles for them for other accounts for any reason. If I copy a profile and
name the new copy what I wish, it breaks if I subsequently delete the
profile I copied it from (which I would certainly want to do to avoid
confusion). Creating a new profile for the user can be an immense pain in
the ___, especially now that one can't export mail settings to an .iaf file.

This isn't a big deal for corporate/Exchange users, as it's so easy to
create a new profile for them, but for home/small office users, it's an
irritant.