Windows 10: Keep signed in Outlook Web (Office365)

I use my university's outlook web regularly on chrome. A while ago, whenever I went to outlook website, it would show the following and then sign in automatically.





https://preview.redd.it/hov4u6vn361...bp&s=157648ed6a682c766adc69e33d3d14f6048fca13

I had to reinstall chrome and now I get signed out from outlook web after a few minutes/browser restart. Is there anyway I can bring the above functionality back??

Thanks.

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I did not patch the registry, I am not fond of altering registry keys and for adding/moving the .ost file is not necessary if you use the Control Panel > Mail > Add E-Mail Accounts which gives you more options to change the settings.
“Not sure if you can avoid automatic setup with Outlook/365.”
As I pointed out in an earlier post, adding an email account within Outlook automatically Outlook insists to place the .ost file in C:\Users\AppData\...folder which is not what you need with a small capacity SSD.
I prefer as I said before the Control Panel > Mail >Add E-Mail Accounts because of it allows you to make changes to your settings.
With web based Exchange or IMAP email accounts it does not make much sense to backup emails, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks etc. as all that data is copied to Outlook from the web server and anything that is changed in Outlook will be replicated in the web server and anything changed in the web server will be replicated in Outlook, what is known as syncing!

 

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Hi there

why not always use IMAP and problem is solved since mail is stored on the server rather than local PC files whether .ost or .pst (note outlook 2010 uses .pst files and supports IMAP so the .pst or .ost thing is irrelevant for IMAP).

You can also copy files to local PC too if you want - just create new folder called outlook or whatever you want to call it and copy files from the IMAP folders to your local one.

Not sure why on earth you'd need all these registry patches to fix what seems to me an easy problem.

Also IMAP means email accessible also from phones / tablets etc etc.

I though really hate web browser type email solutions --usually horrible, slow and can be riddled with ads.

You are much better off using a sensible email client such as outlook or thunderbird (although thunderbird now has copied outlook in making it almost impossible to set up email accounts manually )

Those automatic things (auto config mail accounts) fail miserably if you have non standard type email servers, different passwords / user names on in and outbound mail servers and the email (especially if you are using your own domains) address doesn't exist in the setup database.

Not sure if you can avoid automatic setup with Outlook/365. For Outlook 2010-->Outlook 2019 easily enough done -- you have to go into control panel and choose the applet Outlook Mail (note for Office 2019 it's still in control panel as Outlook 2016 !!). That gives the classical manual setup screens again.









Cheers
jimbo

 

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I eventually had a chance to try and move the .ost file from the C drive to the D drive today.
Followed the instructions as perthe link Caledon Ken post but came to an issue with the Create new email from within Outlook > File > Account Settings as Outlook insisted in creating the .ost file in the C drive as the Browse button in the Outlook Data File Settings dialog was greyed out and I could not direct it to the D drive folder. Eventually I added the email again and used the Control Panel > Mail > E-Mail Accounts settings to add the email again and this time I was able to Change account settings > More settings > Advanced tab > Outlook Data File Settings > Browse and directed Outlook to the new location for the .ost file.
Only this time Outlook displayed a message

and had to delete the file I copied in the first instance closed Outlook and reopened it again. This time the .ost file was saved in the new location. Success!








Just have to do it again when I'm given the password for two more emails to add to Outlook.

On a different issue if you Caledon Ken can help if not I'll open a new thread is that I moved the Data files Contacts, Documents etc. to the D drive using the Properties > Location > Move method and Office show that the Save destination is D:\Users\username which is as it should be BUT I also made the changes in Windows > Settings > Storage method and I now have two folders in D:\Users\username for Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures and Videos these folders do not have an icon just a plain folder picture and I assume they are the ones from the Windows > Settings > Storage method. My question is can they be deleted or would there be issues?