Outlook .prf help!

[Michael Yorke]

Hi,

I have been playing with the Office Resource Kit and have configured a .prf
file for our Outlook 2003/Exchange 2003 setup.

The script works fine except for one small niggle. The profile is created
and given a name, the exchange server is found and correct mailbox opened.
The only problem is that the profile is not set as the default, meaning when
Outlook starts I have to accept the Choose Profile box, and tick the option
to "set as default".

This is to go out with our new Windows XP build so the user profiles will be
blank, the outlook profile will be created from scratch by the prf meaning
there will only be one profile - but I want this set as the default.

This is what I have in the prf:

;Automatically generated PRF file from the Microsoft Office Customization
and Installation Wizard

; **************************************************************
; Section 1 - Profile Defaults
; **************************************************************

[General]
Custom=1
ProfileName=Outlook
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Yes
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=False
DefaultStore=Service1

; **************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in Profile
; **************************************************************

[Service List]
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service1=Microsoft Exchange Server
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service2=Outlook Address Book

;***************************************************************
; Section 3 - List of internet accounts
;***************************************************************

[Internet Account List]

;***************************************************************
; Section 4 - Default values for each service.
;***************************************************************

[ServiceEGS]
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=exchange

[Service1]
OverwriteExistingService=No
UniqueService=Yes
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=exchange
AccountName=Microsoft Exchange Server

***END***

Any idea why the "DefaultProfile=Yes" is being ignored?

Thanks

Mike

 

[Jay]

Have you seen this do
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...7c-16e9-4b3d-b6f8-2877eb647341&displaylang=en

This may help with some of the settings inside the PRF file. BTW have you
used prf files with outlook 2002? Everytime I execute and outlook XP prf file
it opens up outlook and attachs the prf file to a blank message.

Jay

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

I believe the tickbox is controlled by registry settings, not the prf - and
I thought its default to load the top (or first one created) profile in the
list if no others were selected.

since it's going to be imaged, set it in outlook (or the registry)
beforehand - the key is at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles

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Hi,

I have been playing with the Office Resource Kit and have configured a
.prf
file for our Outlook 2003/Exchange 2003 setup.

The script works fine except for one small niggle. The profile is created
and given a name, the exchange server is found and correct mailbox opened.
The only problem is that the profile is not set as the default, meaning
when
Outlook starts I have to accept the Choose Profile box, and tick the
option
to "set as default".

This is to go out with our new Windows XP build so the user profiles will
be
blank, the outlook profile will be created from scratch by the prf meaning
there will only be one profile - but I want this set as the default.

This is what I have in the prf:

;Automatically generated PRF file from the Microsoft Office Customization
and Installation Wizard

; **************************************************************
; Section 1 - Profile Defaults
; **************************************************************

[General]
Custom=1
ProfileName=Outlook
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Yes
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=False
DefaultStore=Service1

; **************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in Profile
; **************************************************************

[Service List]
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service1=Microsoft Exchange Server
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service2=Outlook Address Book

;***************************************************************
; Section 3 - List of internet accounts
;***************************************************************

[Internet Account List]

;***************************************************************
; Section 4 - Default values for each service.
;***************************************************************

[ServiceEGS]
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=exchange

[Service1]
OverwriteExistingService=No
UniqueService=Yes
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=exchange
AccountName=Microsoft Exchange Server

***END***

Any idea why the "DefaultProfile=Yes" is being ignored?

Thanks

Mike