Showing posts with label the profile name you entered already exists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the profile name you entered already exists. Show all posts

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Create Outlook Profile "The profile name you entered already exists"


Problem:
When create a Outlook profile and the profile name has been used and deleted before, you are getting "The profile name you entered already exists"


Test Environment:
Windows 7 and Outlook 2010



Solution:

1. First thing to try is to close Outlook completely and go to Control Panel and create a new profile from Mail(32Bit). If still same problem, please go to step 2


2. Open your Windows registry (Start -> Search... > regedit)


3. Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook


4. Under Outlook, there are subdirectories and each one was the profile you created before. Delete them by right click and delete