Outlook 2016 w/out Email Acct - Just want Contacts & Calender to sync w/ Android Phone

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bob4432

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I am trying to use Outlook 2016 (have been through many versions of office) with no email, just for calender and contact information, and have done this for a LONG time using older versions of Outlook. I followed this tutorial - https://www.systoolsgroup.com/updates/use-outlook-without-email-account/ which is similiar to a lot of others telling you how to do it, but as soon as I get things set up, as soon as I close Outlook 2016 and try to restart it, I get the screen saying I need an email account. If anybody can help me figure out how to get back in Outlook 2016 w/out and email and use my .pst that has years of data and hundreds of contacts that would be very helpful. FWIW I am running Outlook 2016, v1911 (Build 12228.20364 Click-to-Run)
Thanks in advance,
Bob
 
zpackrat said:
https://www.msoutlook.info/question/using-outlook-without-an-email-account, I just set up a profile under "Previous versions of Outlook" and it seems to do what you need, you will just need to attach to the ost, otherwise export data to a pst and then import it into the new ost.
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For some reason things were not working they way they were suppose to, but after following another tutorial, it somehow allowed outlook to finally start up fully, and then I was able to import my .pst. It was/is a weird bug that I really do not think MS programmed for it to work the way it did. Maybe my laptop config, mixed w/ other programs caused some type of issue. I never viewed the one screen that said 'use outlook w/out an email account'. I do appreciate your assistance, though as I am now able to start outlook up and get to just my calendar and contacts, which is what I needed.
Bob
 
Using Outlook is a necessity or an informed choice? I just often hear unflattering reviews about it.
 
Tremololo said:
Using Outlook is a necessity or an informed choice? I just often hear unflattering reviews about it.
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It is an informed choice, and again I use is just to keep old contacts with a backup of my google calendar (sync'd to my phone). So my needs are very limited. I am sure if I were to use it as an email client along w/ everything else it has to offer, there are probably better tools for the job.
 
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