Windows 10: PCs using old email address - want to add new alias

I have multiple Window PCs using very old email address for the userid. That email is used for MS cloud/MS 365/etc. I want to use my new gmail address. I was setting up a new computer and used the new gmail address figuring I could link them together but that just created a new MS/cloud account. I re-installed back to my old email but that left the new account.I think "Add an alias" gmail in my old account should fix me up i.e. both email accounts would be valid for my account?. When I tried that I get an error "This email address is already taken ..." because it was created above....

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old email addresses

Thank you for updating me HA.111

Here is the step to remove that old email address.

Start typing an email address into the “To” field. As soon as you see the old email address being recommended as one of the potential candidates, use the down arrow key to scroll through the list of suggestions. Once you highlight the old email address, type the delete key. In many cases, this will actually remove the entry not only from the current list of suggestions but from future suggestions as well. You may even find that as you mouse over the drop-down list the highlighted item will have an “x” to explicitly allow you to delete it.

Just do this step and your good to go.

Continue to have an escellent day HA.111

Best regards,

Anthony C. De Jesus

Independent Advisor

 

Issues with logging in using alias email address

I had two email addresses as primary and secondary alias for my account. My old laptop(Win 8.1, my main PC is currently using Win 10), which I wanted to log on used the secondary alias email (primary back when it was my only PC), but the password didn't work. I decided to remove the secondary alias email from my account, to make a separate account in an attempt to be able to log onto my old laptop, however after what I thought was creation of a new account. turns out the two account somehow got merged into one (there was no intention of doing so and i saw no such option to choose), now I'm logging in into the same account using two different emails and passwords, with the currently main email address is being listed on my account as sign in email, but the email I intended to use for another account, instead is listed as primary alias (which I never wanted) and it doesn't seem like I'm able to change it in any way.

I would like to have the current main account use the listed sign in email (k.****** Email address is removed for privacy ***) as primary (and the only) alias, and have currently listed primary alias email (k****** Email address is removed for privacy ***) to be solely used for signing in and a primary alias for a secondary account. I don't want an option of signing into either of these account with the use of the other's email/password. I hope I described my issue and desired solution clearly enough.

 

Microsoft account email alias problem

i changed the alias and removed the default one, so now i have only the new one in the list...the default one that was their is gone

i did not know that removing the default alias would mean i would lose my original email address, because now my original email adress isnt working.

and on top of that, my new alias or should i say new email address isint recieving emails... over 20 years of usuing the same email address and its gone because i thought a alias was just a display name.