iCloud Setup can’t continue because Outlook isn’t configured to have a default profile

You can download and set up iCloud for Windows so that your photos, videos, and mail files are readily accessible on all your devices. However, you may find that your Contacts, Calendar, and Tasks are not syncing with Microsoft Outlook as expected. In this case, you may see the following error message:

The setup can’t continue because Outlook is not configured to have a default profile. Please check your Outlook settings and try again.

iCloud Setup can’t continue because Outlook isn’t configured to have a default profile

The problem arises partly from having Office (Windows Store version) pre-installed and installing the Click run version from Office.com. you can try to install the latest version of Office from Office.com to fix this problem. Doing this should remove the Windows Store version of Office. You can make sure the desired version is removed by taking the following steps.

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Remove the Outlook component

From the Powershell window run the following to remove the Outlook component:

Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | where-object {$_.packagename –like “*Outlook*”} | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online

Next, run the following in the same Powershell window –

Get-AppxPackage “*Outlook*” | Remove-AppxPackage

When done, open PowerShell with no admin rights and run the above command again

Get-AppxPackage “*Outlook*” | Remove-AppxPackage

The action will remove the installer for iCloud and all new accounts.

It’s a good idea to restart your PC every now and then, and either reinstall or run a repair on your regular installed version of Office.

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