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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 |
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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.
-- 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 |
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Howdy all.
Thanks for replies/information. I modified the custom11.prf file to use our exchange server and have tried it twice and it works. Now I'm looking for information on how I may use the user's name variable, e.g. %username%, that I used to create the .OST file as the profile name. When I used it (%username%), the profile name was just that not JDoe or John Doe which is what I would really like. I read the Outlook Deployment Options: Customizing a PRF File but it did not address how to create a profile name on the fly via the .PRF. Below is the profile section that I'm using. Thanks, Rey ; ************************************************** ************ ; Section 1 - Profile Defaults ; ************************************************** ************ [General] Custom=1 ;ProfileName=%UserName% -- want to use this vice manually entering John Doe DefaultProfile=Yes OverwriteProfile=Append ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE |
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You cannot set the profile name with an environment variable, nor should you need to, given that each user in your scenario would have their own Windows login.
-- 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 oups.com... Howdy all. Thanks for replies/information. I modified the custom11.prf file to use our exchange server and have tried it twice and it works. Now I'm looking for information on how I may use the user's name variable, e.g. %username%, that I used to create the .OST file as the profile name. When I used it (%username%), the profile name was just that not JDoe or John Doe which is what I would really like. I read the Outlook Deployment Options: Customizing a PRF File but it did not address how to create a profile name on the fly via the .PRF. Below is the profile section that I'm using. Thanks, Rey ; ************************************************** ************ ; Section 1 - Profile Defaults ; ************************************************** ************ [General] Custom=1 ;ProfileName=%UserName% -- want to use this vice manually entering John Doe DefaultProfile=Yes OverwriteProfile=Append ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE |
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On Jul 18, 8:40 am, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote: You cannot set the profile name with an environment variable, nor should you need to, given that each user in your scenario would have their own Windows login. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Thanks for the info, Sue. Was trying to keep it simple not only for myself but when I'm absent or moved on to another job... Thanks again, Rey |
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I would say that using the same profile name for every user throughout the company *is* keeping it simple.
-- 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... On Jul 18, 8:40 am, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: You cannot set the profile name with an environment variable, nor should you need to, given that each user in your scenario would have their own Windows login. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Thanks for the info, Sue. Was trying to keep it simple not only for myself but when I'm absent or moved on to another job... Thanks again, Rey |
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![]() Hopefully this post will show up as the previous post - same info hasn't, yet. Howdy all. Thanks for replies/information. I modified the custom11.prf file to use our exchange server and have tried it twice and it works. Now I'm looking for information on how I may use the user's name variable, e.g. %username%, that I used to create the .OST file as the profile name. When I used it (%username%), the profile name was just that not JDoe or John Doe which is what I would really like. I read the Outlook Deployment Options: Customizing a PRF File but it did not address how to create a profile name on the fly via the .PRF. Below is the profile section that I'm using. Thanks, Rey ; ************************************************** ************ ; Section 1 - Profile Defaults ; ************************************************** ************ [General] Custom=1 ;ProfileName=%UserName% -- wnat to use this vice manually entering John Doe DefaultProfile=Yes OverwriteProfile=Append ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE |
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