How to run Outlook with a different account
So you are logged in as yourself, and need to access someone’s mailbox. Yes you can associated a mailbox with your account, or just open someones inbox, but when you want to do something as importing contacts, you cannot. Soo..
If you are using Windows XP
- Hold the shift key and right click on the outlook shortcut on your desktop
- Select Run As
- Select the following user
- For user name put in your domain\username
- Enter password and done.
If you are using Windows Vista,
Outlook 2003 do start, run: runas /user:domain\username”C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\outlook.exe”
Outlook 2007 do start, run: runas /user:domain\username”C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\outlook.exe”
Note, if you are running 64bit OS, the directory structure may be different.
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