Accounts option under the Tools menu in Windows Mail helps you add or remove mail or newsgroup accounts. This article explains how to hide or show the Accounts option from the Tools menu in Windows Mail.
Hiding Accounts from the Tools menu
1. Click Start, type Regedit.exe and press ENTER
2. Navigate to the following branch:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Mail
3. From the Edit menu, click DWORD (32-bit) Value.
4. Type No modify accts, and then press ENTER to save the name.
5. Double-click No modify accts and set its data to 1, and click OK.
6. Exit the Registry Editor.
To unhide the Accounts option, simply delete the No modify accts value.
Registry Fix
Download nomodifyaccts.zip. Unzip and run the file hideaccounts.reg. To undo the setting, run showaccounts.reg.
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