#Requires -Version 5.1 <# JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script Fault : Outlook keeps asking for a password and will not accept it Fix : Reset the Office identity cache and the account state Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/win-app-outlook-password Run as : PowerShell as the affected user Expect : 30 minutes Risk : medium Reversible : yes WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX Clearing credentials did not hold, or the machine has been rebuilt or moved between tenants. HOW TO UNDO IT Double-click identity-backup.reg to restore the previous identity keys. This script walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each one. Steps with no command are things you do yourself -- it prints those and waits. Run with -DryRun to print without executing. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. -------------------------------------------------------------------- #> [CmdletBinding()] param( # Print every step and command without running anything. [switch]$DryRun, # Do not ask before each step. Read the script first if you use this. [switch]$Unattended ) $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' $script:Failed = 0 function Write-Rule { param([string]$Text) Write-Host '' Write-Host ('-' * 70) -ForegroundColor DarkGray if ($Text) { Write-Host $Text -ForegroundColor Cyan } } function Show-Prose { param([string]$Text, [string]$Colour = "Gray") if (-not $Text) { return } $words = $Text -split "\s+"; $line = " " foreach ($w in $words) { if (($line.Length + $w.Length) -gt 74) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour; $line = " " } $line += "$w " } if ($line.Trim()) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour } } function Invoke-Step { param( [int]$Number, [string]$Do, [string]$Why, [scriptblock]$Command, [switch]$Manual, [string]$Shell = "powershell" ) Write-Rule " Step $Number of 5" Show-Prose $Do "White" if ($Why) { Write-Host ""; Show-Prose $Why "DarkGray" } if ($Manual) { Write-Host '' Write-Host ' -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on.' -ForegroundColor Yellow if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { [void](Read-Host) } return } Write-Host '' foreach ($l in ($Command.ToString().Trim() -split "`n")) { Write-Host (" " + $l.Trim()) -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' if ($DryRun) { Write-Host " (dry run -- not executed)" -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } if (-not $Unattended) { $a = Read-Host " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit" if ($a -match "^[Qq]") { Write-Host " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 } if ($a -match "^[Ss]") { Write-Host " Skipped." -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } } try { & $Command } catch { $script:Failed++ Write-Host (" Step $Number failed: " + $_.Exception.Message) -ForegroundColor Red Show-Prose "The rest of the fix may depend on this. Read the write-up before carrying on." "Red" if (-not $Unattended) { $c = Read-Host " Carry on anyway? [y/N]" if ($c -notmatch "^[Yy]") { exit 1 } } } } Write-Rule Write-Host ' Outlook keeps asking for a password and will not accept it' -ForegroundColor White Write-Host ' Reset the Office identity cache and the account state' -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host '' Write-Host ' Risk: medium Reversible 30 minutes' Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' 'DarkYellow' Write-Rule if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { $go = Read-Host ' Ready? [y/N]' if ($go -notmatch "^[Yy]") { Write-Host " Nothing was changed."; exit 0 } } Invoke-Step -Number 1 -Do 'Close all Office applications.' -Manual Invoke-Step -Number 2 -Do 'Back up the identity keys before removing them.' -Command { reg export "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Identity" "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\identity-backup.reg" /y } Invoke-Step -Number 3 -Do 'Remove the cached identities.' -Why 'This is where Office records which account is signed in and which tenant it belongs to. After a tenant migration or a rebuild it can hold an identity that no longer exists, and no prompt will ever satisfy it.' -Command { Remove-Item 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Identity' -Recurse -Force } Invoke-Step -Number 4 -Do 'Clear the Web Account Manager cache, which holds the token itself.' -Command { Get-ChildItem "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\TokenBroker\Accounts" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Remove-Item -Force -Recurse } Invoke-Step -Number 5 -Do 'Restart and sign in to Outlook fresh.' -Manual Write-Rule " Confirm it worked" Show-Prose 'Outlook signs in once, and File -> Office Account shows the correct account and tenant.' 'White' Write-Rule if ($script:Failed -gt 0) { Write-Host (" Finished with " + $script:Failed + " failed step(s).") -ForegroundColor Yellow Show-Prose 'Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/win-app-outlook-password' 'Yellow' } else { Write-Host ' Finished.' -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'To undo: Double-click identity-backup.reg to restore the previous identity keys.' 'DarkGray' Write-Rule