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• How To Change Outlook Account Settings

I've seen other users have their own picture in Outlook 2010. How do I add this to my account? I don't see anything in Options/Settings. I've been able to do this in Lync, but not in Outlook.

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Per the TechNet blogs, here is an easy way to add the picture:

To add a picture (if your organization supports it), click on your name in an e-mail addressed to you. This is the fastest way to open your Contact preview. Click Open Contact to display your full contact information. Now double-click the generic picture icon:

You'll be prompted to locate the picture you want to use. Find something appropriate for work, ideally a recent close up of your face. Then click Save & Close and you're done.

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I ended-up getting this to work by changing my profile pic on our OWA site (accessible at portal.microsoftonline.com) . Then, in Outlook, I synchronized my offline address book and voila.

WEFXWEFX

I wasn't able to double click as described above:

To add a picture (if your organization supports it), click on your name in an e-mail addressed to you. This is the fastest way to open your Contact preview. Click Open Contact to display your full contact information. Now double-click the generic picture icon:

What I did instead was to got to

1. Contacts (folder below Mail and Calendar folders)
2. Add myself as a contact.

In the processing of adding myself as a contact, I was able to upload my picture.

This depends on exchange version actually. 2007 doesn't have any normal graphical way to add the picture, so it has to be done via powershell. If it's 2010 there's a way to add via GUI. So: Which version of exchange are we talking about?

This is what I did to get this working :

1. Go to Contacts section in your mailbox (under Calender folder)
2. Add my own contact in there
3. Double Click on Generic Pic icon
4. Uploaded my pic
5. Click on Save & Close option in the Header

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The Mail app is the default email client in Windows 10. The Mail app not only supports webmail accounts from Microsoft but also supports popular email services like Gmail and Yahoo.

Most users change their email account passwords once in a while for security reasons. When you change your email account password, you also need to update your new password in Windows 10 Mail to continue send and receive new messages.

In this guide, we will see how to update your email account password in Windows 10 Mail app.

Complete the given below instructions to edit, update or change your email account password in Windows 10 Mail app.

Method 1 – Update account password for Outlook.com, Hotmail, MSN, and Live accounts

How To Change Outlook Account Settings

Method 2 – Update account password for Gmail & Yahoo Mail

Method 1 of 2

Update or change account password for Outlook.com, MSN, Live, and Hotmail accounts

Step 1: Launch the Mail app.

Step 2: Once the Mail app is launched, click on the Settings icon. The Settings or gear icon typically appears in the left-pane.

Step 3: Clicking the Settings or Gear icon will open the Settings pane. Here, click Manage accounts to open Manage account section.

Step 4: Click on the email account you want to edit, update or change the password for. You have multiple email accounts added to the Mail app, please make sure you’re clicking on the correct email account.

Step 5: Clicking on the email account will open account settings dialog. Click the option labelled Change account settings.

When you click Change account settings, if you’re using Outlook.com, Live, Hotmail or MSN accounts, Windows 10 Mail will open a webpage for you account where you can change your password.

Step 6: Once your account page is opened in a web browser, click Change password link.

Step 7: If you’re asked to enter your email account password, enter the same.

Step 8: When you see the following Protect your account screen, enter your linked email account that you used while creating or updating your email account to receive the security code which is required to verify your identity. If you have linked your contact number, you might be able to choose that to receive the security code.

Click Send code button to receive the security code.

Step 9: Enter the security code before clicking the Submit button.

Step 10: Finally, enter your current password, enter your new password, re-enter your new password and then click Save button.

Step 11: You will see the following screen. You may now close the browser. The Mail app will automatically receive the new or updated password.

Method 2 of 2

Update email account password for Gmail, Yahoo! and others

Step 1: Open the Mail app and then click Settings or Gear icon to open Settings pane.

Step 2: Click Manage Accounts to view all email accounts.

Step 3: Click on your Gmail, Yahoo Mail or other email account you want to update the password for.

Step 4: Click Change account settings option, update the password and then click Save button to save the updated password. That’s all!

Our how to reset or change your Microsoft account password in Windows 10 guide might be useful to you.