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Note: you may need to right click on the link and choose Save target as or Save link as to save it to your hard drive. If you don't want to edit the registry yourself, use one of these ready-to-use reg files. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Identity
#Outlook identity registry password
They'll open outlook and it will prompt for the password with the modern auth page over and over again. We randomly have users in our organization that get this. So then I went back and changed the registry key to 1 which should re-enable it and outlook connected normally still. Outlook 2016 (not needed unless your Outlook does not have updates installed): After entering it, outlook connected as normal. RecentDocuments (this setting is default) RecentLocations. This setting can be changed either via registry or from the graphical user interface (ndOffice Settings dialog > Navigation tab > All options under the Outlook Attach group box). HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\Identity Specify the default location opened for attaching documents. These keys are needed to enable MFA in Outlook 2013
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If you need to create an app password, create a new at Create Office 365 App Password. You can set a registry key on your home computer to enable MFA in Outlook.
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Not all programs support MFA at this time, so you may not be able to avoid using App passwords completely, but you don't need app passwords with Outlook 2013 or 2016. Theyll open outlook and it will prompt for the password with the modern auth page over and over again.
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I don't have problems using Outlook and MFA at work (with an Office 365 Enterprise license) but at home I need to use an app password in Outlook 2016 from my Home Premium subscription. After entering it, outlook connected as normal. Multi Factor auth is enabled on my Office 365 account.
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