Can MS Office Outlook 2010 use shared folders ?


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    Can MS Office Outlook 2010 use shared folders ?


    I would like to be able to use the same folders and email account setup for all Windows User Accounts.
    I have multiple Windows accounts: MS Admin Account, Local Admin Account, Local Limited User Account, etc.
    I have multiple Email accounts: Hotmail, Outlook.com, Gmail, AIM, and Bellsouth (at&t).
    I prefer to use IMAP email accounts.

    I would like to be able to login to Windows with any account, and when i open Office Outlook it will use the same Office Outlook Email Accounts, folders, and setup.

    I'm a home user, this is not for a business/enterprise.
    I have dual boot Win 7 Pro x64, Win 10 Pro x64, and MS Office Pro 2010 on both OS's.
    I don't have a NAS, "always on server", etc.

    i.e.
    When i setup an IMAP email account it creates a .pst file in the specific User folder such as
    C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
    or
    C:\Users\David-Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

    Can i have it use the same folder for all Windows accounts, such as
    D:\Email\All Users\Outlook
    or
    C:\Users\All Users\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
    ?

    From what I've been reading, I don't know how to do this, or if it's possible ?
    Can I setup an Exchange Server, multiple Profiles, etc. ?

    If I can have Office Outlook prompt for a User Account/PW when i open Outlook, that would be fine for me.
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    Thanks Mike,

    I don't get the options shown in that article, probably because I don't have an Exchange server.
    I think I found a solution that will work for I want.
    I start Outlook with runas and use the same Windows account for Outlook, even when I'm logged into Windows as a different user.
    So far this approach looks like it works well in Win 7, I'll have to test it in Win 10.
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    For what I've tested so far, using runas works in Win 10 (and Win 7) for me.
    Thread solved.
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