Windows 10: Separate Microsoft Mail apps for each account holder

I have a Windows 10 PC with 2 user accounts. I want each account to have access to a separate instance of the Microsoft mail app so that user privacy is maintained. How is this accomplished?

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Change sender name using Windows 10 mail app

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand your concern as you would like to change the name of the sender in the Email using mail app. In order to get clarity and to assist you accordingly, please reply with the answers to the questions below.

• What is the Windows 10 Version and Build installed? (Type
  winver in Windows search/Run command)
  
• What is the Mail app Version installed?
  
• Do you see the primary email account holder name on the email, sent using the secondary email account?
  
• Does the email recipient also sees the primary email account holder’s name, instead of the actual sender?
  

In this scenario, we would suggest you to perform these steps and make the changes.

1. Open Mail
   app and click on the Gear icon at the bottom left.
   
2. Now click on Manage accounts
   under Settings.
   
3. Select any one secondary Email account from the list.
   
4. Click on Change mailbox sync settings.
   
5. Change the name under
   Send your messages using this name to the correct account holder.
   
6. Repeat the same steps for all the email account holder other than the Primary account holder.
   

Regards,



Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Unable to add Gmail account in Mail app

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand the concern as you are trying to add Yahoo/Gmail email account in Mail app.
In order to get clarity and to assist you accordingly, please reply with the answers to the questions below:

• What is the Version and Build of Windows 10 currently installed? (Type
  winver in Windows search/Run command)
  
• What is the Version of Mail app installed?
  
• Do you have any non-Microsoft Antivirus/security program installed?
  
• Are you aware of any changes on the PC prior to this issue?
  

Meanwhile, we would suggest you to perform these steps and check if that helps.



Steps to add Yahoo email in Mail app.

1. In yahoo mails account security, click on manage app passwords.
   
2. After selecting other app and entering the new app name in the text box
   
3. Now, in Windows 10 mail app, add this type of account.
   
4. In Windows 10 mail app, enter your details and the password generated by step 2

Steps to add Gmail email in Mail app

Step 1: Connect your Google account to PC

1. Go to the Security section of your Google account
   
2. Under Connected
   apps and sites, go to Apps
   connected to your account
   
3. Make sure that Windows is on the list

Step 2: Enable IMAP on your Google account

1. Sign in to Gmail
   
2. Click the gear in the top right
   
3. Select Settings
   
4. Click Forwarding
   and POP/IMAP
   
5. Select Enable IMAP
   
6. Click Save Changes

Step 3: Add Gmail account.

1. Open Mail app.
   
2. Click on the gear icon to open settings.
   
3. Click on Manage account.
   
4. Click on Add account.
   
5. Now select Google and check if you are able to add the account.

Regards,



Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Mail app will not open on 10041.

Hello Adam,

This is the suggested solution below if you haven't already tried it.

In this Windows 10 build 10041, the Mail, Calendar, and People apps may be broken due to a licensing issue with the Store Beta. To get these apps working again, you need to follow these steps:

• Open powershell as administrator
• Run the command Get-appxprovisionedpackage –online | where-object {$_.packagename –like “*windowscommunicationsapps*”} | remove-appxprovisionedpackage –online
• Re-install Mail, People and Calendar from the Store (green tile)