Outlook Express

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Managing Identities

loadTOCNode(2, 'moreinformation'); When you first start Outlook Express, a default main identityFile menu, click Switch Identity, and then click Manage IdentitiesFile menu, point to Identities, and then click Manage Identities. Creating a New Identity

loadTOCNode(3, 'moreinformation'); To create a new identity: 1.View the New IdentityFile menu, point to Identities, and then click Add New IdentityFile menu, point to Identities, click Manage Identities, and then click NewFile menu, click Switch Identity, click Manage Identities, and then click New.2.In the Type your name box, type a name for the identity.3.If you want to set a password for your identity, click to select the Require a password check box, type a password in the New Password and Confirm New Password boxes, and then click OK.4.Click OK. If you want to switch to the new identity now, click Yes. Otherwise, click No, and then click Close. When you create a new identity, a new entry is created in the registry, and a new folder is created on the hard disk for that identity's message store.

Identity information is stored in the following registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\account_ID
where account_ID is the full path to the folder where the message store is located. The default location of the message store for Windows 2000 is in the C:\Document and Settings\Username\Application Data\Identities\account_ID folder. The default location of the message store for Windows 98 is in the C:Windows\Application Data\Identities\account_ID folder.

NOTE: If user profiles are enabled, the location of the message store is in the Windows\Profiles\user_name\Application Data\Identities\account_ID folder, where user_name is the name you use to log on to Windows, and account_ID is the full path to the folder where the message store is located.

Switching Between Identities

loadTOCNode(3, 'moreinformation'); To switch to a different identity when Outlook Express is already running: 1.On the File menu, click Switch Identity.2.Click the identity that you want to switch to. If you set a password for the identity, type the password in the Password box.3.Click OK. When you do so, Outlook Express automatically quits and restarts by using the identity you selected.NOTE: When you switch identities while you are sending and receiving messages, Outlook Express 5.5 may quit unexpectedly. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 271741 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271741/) OLEXP: Outlook Express 5.5 quits when you switch identities
In addition, when you switch identities, Outlook Express 5.5 may stop responding (hang). For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 274017 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274017/) OLEXP: Shared Windows address book does not display contacts
To switch to a different identity when Outlook Express is not already running, start Outlook Express, and then click the identity that you want to switch to when you are prompted to do so.

NOTE: If you do not log off from your current identity before you quit Outlook Express, you may not be able to log on by using a different identity. In addition, other people may be able to start Outlook Express by using your identity, even if you set a password for your identity. To work around this issue, log off from the current identity before you quit Outlook Express.

To log off from the current identity: 1.On the File menu, click Switch Identity.2.Verify that the current identity is selected, click Log Off Identity, and then click Yes. After you perform these steps, the next time that you start Outlook Express you are prompted to select an identity.

Changing the Default IdentityFile menu, point to Identities, and then click Manage IdentitiesFile menu, click Switch Identity, and then click Manage Identities.2.In Outlook Express 5.x, click the identity that you want to use as the default identity, click Make Default, and then click Close. In Outlook Express 6.0, click to select the Use this identity when starting a program check box, choose the identity that you want to use in the box, and then click OK. If the default identity is successfully changed, "default" is displayed next to the new default identity.

Setting a Password

loadTOCNode(3, 'moreinformation'); To set a password for an existing identity: 1.Start Identity Manager.2.Click the identity that you want to set a password for, and then click Properties.3.Click to select the Require a password check box, type a password in the New Password and Confirm New Password boxes, and then click OK.4.Click OK, and then click Close.

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Managing Contacts
The Address Book provides a convenient place to store contact information for easy retrieval by programs such as Outlook Express. In the Address Book, you can keep contacts in your main folder or organize contacts into subfolders. If you have contacts that you want to share with other people who use Outlook Express on the same computer, you can move the contacts into the Shared Contacts folder, where other identities can view them when they use the Address Book.

To open the Address Book, click Address Book on the Tools menu.

In the Address Book, if you cannot see the folders on the left, click Folders and Groups on the View menu.

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Creating Subfolders
To create a subfolder:
1. In the Address Book, click New Folder on the File menu.
2. Type a name for the folder in the Folder Name box, and then click OK.
A new folder is automatically created in the Address Book when you create an identity in Outlook Express.

Sharing Contacts
The two folders that automatically exist in the Address Book are the Main Identity's Contacts folder and the Shared Contacts folder, a folder that you can use to share contacts with other identities. Neither of these folders can be deleted, but folders for additional identities are created as new identities are created.

You can make a contact available to other identities by putting the contact in the Shared Contacts folder. You can either create a new contact in the Shared Contacts folder or move one of your existing contacts into the folder.

NOTE: If you move a contact to the Shared Contacts folder, the contact no longer exists in the original folder. You can make a copy of the contact information for your folder, but changes that you make there are not reflected in the Shared Contacts folder or vice versa.

Moving Contacts
To move contacts:
1. In the Address Book, click the contact that you want to move.
2. Drag the contact from the list on the right to the group or folder on the left that you want to move the contact to.
NOTE: When you drag a contact to a group, a copy of the contact remains in the original folder, but when you drag a contact to a folder, the contact is moved and the contact no longer exists in the original folder. In addition, subfolders cannot be moved within an identity's folder list.