When problems are encountered, many people resort to uninstalling/re-installing Microsoft Office/Outlook in hopes that the problem will be eliminated.
If the problem being encountered is related to the Outlook profile in any way, or more specifically related to email account issues, uninstalling/re-installing Outlook serves absolutely no purposes and is a complete waste of time. Outlook profiles do not get deleted when Outlook is uninstalled/re-installed. These profiles persist from one Outlook installation to another so whatever issues may exist, will remain. It is this behaviour that allows for the seamless “in place” upgrade from one Outlook version to another on the same machine.
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