Icloud email account set up in Outlook

bro67 said:

Again, Outlook will properly set up Outlook for icloud. It is a issue with the OP OS install.

Can you give me some evidence for that assertion please? What are you basing it on? Happy to investigate if it based on more than a hunch.

UPDATE
Sorry just saw your registry edit whcih I suppose it what you meant by "issue with the OP install". That registry entry will be as default from when the clean install was done. But will give it a go thanks.

Why do you think if it has created the ost file in the default location and the default path is not actually that long, that this will make any difference to the operation of the mail account which is there in Outlook with an ost file that is appears to be linked to?

C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

Is this long? Do I need to store ost file in another location closer to root to get icloud to play ball? Is that something that icloud doesn't like about windows?

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bro67 said:

Cannot create pst file. The file path is too long. - Kuiper Industries
Method 3: Enable the Long Path Support in Registry Editor

If you are using Windows 10 1607 or the later version, you can enable the Long Path Support via Registry Editor to solve the issue. To be specific, you can disable the MAX_PATH limit in Windows. Before modifying Registry keys, you’d better back up the key for accidents.
Here is a simple guide:
1. Press [COLOR=var(--font-highlight-color)]Win + R to open [COLOR=var(--font-highlight-color)]Run[/COLOR].[/COLOR]
2. Input [COLOR=var(--font-highlight-color)]regedit and press [COLOR=var(--font-highlight-color)]Enter[/COLOR] to open Registry Editor.[/COLOR]
3. Navigate to the following path:
[COLOR=var(--font-highlight-color)]Computer > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > FileSystem.[/COLOR]
4. Find [COLOR=var(--font-highlight-color)]LongPathsEnabled and double-click on it.[/COLOR]
5. Modify the value data to [COLOR=var(--font-highlight-color)]1.[/COLOR]
6. Click [COLOR=var(--font-highlight-color)]OK to keep the change.[/COLOR]

BTW not trying to create pst file. I am sure you know iCloud only supports IMAP which creates an ost file....which has been created by the manual configuration process, despite the error being displayed, as I think I have stated earlier in the thread.

And I have numerous pst files stored on this installation with the default path apart from having moved the windows Documents folder (which is now default location for pst files) to D:/

All these pst files work fine from there.

idgat said:

And of course, to resolve problems, any average everyday basic computer user should be encouraged to tinker with the registry to fix an MS vs Apple issue.

(Oh, and by the way, in case it was missed .... [SARCASM MODE \\OFF]

Got no problem with making that small change to the resgistry to see what happens. Will give it a go and post back. Will I need to delete and recraete the account in outlook?

Thank you.