You need the .msi file. An .mst file is what the CIW creates. For purposes of generating a .prf, you should be able to use the .msi found in a subfolder under the MSOCache\All Users folder. It should be the largest one. Editing the custom11.prf file should also work, as long as you know what you're doing.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


wrote in message ups.com...
Howdy.
After some reading downloaded the Office 2003 resource kit so I could
try to create a .PRF file so I could have users configure their
Outlook 2003 w/our exchange server and cache.
Unfortunately, I do not have the .MST file that is, I believe, the
second step in the .PRF creation process.
Reason for not having the .MST or is it the .MSI file is that the MS
Office professional or even standard version application is "pushed"
to the desktop by our support provided.

Thus, for each new user I have to manually set up the Outlook program
with users name, the address to our exchange server and also create
the .OST for use with cached mail.

Is there a way by which I can create the .PRF file without using the
resource kit? BTW, copied the custom11.prf file I found and changed it
but have not yet tried using it.

Thanks for any suggestions/comments you may have,

Rey