Hello Bob,
I understand you would like to use GPO to redirect the Outlook AutoArchive
location.
As the Path was stored in the Profile's registry keys, instead of the
user's registry keys, the ADM template cannot do this. If we want to deploy
the path, we need to modify user's profiles by the PRF template. To do this:
Modify an existing .prf file
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The CIW is included with the Microsoft Office Resource Kit 2003. The
following steps describe how you can create an Outlook profile by using CIW
that includes an archive .pst file. In this example, the name of the
archive .pst file is Archive.pst and the location is set to use the
C:\FolderName folder. You can change the path and the file name to the
location and the file name that you want.
Note The folder path for the archive .pst file must exist for this method
to work correctly.
1. Start the Microsoft Office 2003 CIW.
2. On the Custom Installation Wizard page, click Next.
3. On the Open the MSI File page, specify the Microsoft Windows Installer
package file (.msi) that you want, and then click Next.
4. Click Create a new MST file, and then click Next.
5. Continue to click Next until you reach the Outlook: Customize Default
Profile page.
6. On the Outlook: Customize Default Profile page, click New Profile, type
a name for the profile in the Profile name box, and then click Next.
7. Add the settings that you want, such as the name of the Microsoft
Exchange Server and the user name, and then click Next.
8. Repeat step 7 to add the settings that you want to the pages that follow
until you reach the Outlook: Remove Accounts and Export Settings page.
9. On the Outlook: Remove Accounts and Export Settings page, click Export
File Settings.
10. In the Save As dialog box, type the path and the file name that you
want, and then click Save.
11. Click Finish, and then click Exit.
12. Start a text editor, such as Notepad, and make the following changes to
the .prf file that you saved in step 10:
a. Under Section 2 - Services in Profile, type ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook
Client in the [Service List] section.
b. Create a [ServiceX] section under Section 4 - Default values for each
service by typing the following information: [ServiceX]
c. In the [ServiceX] section that you created in step 12b, type
AutoArchiveFileName=c:\FolderName\archive.pst under Section 4 - Default
values for each service.
d. In the [Microsoft Outlook Client] section, type
AutoArchiveFileName=PT_STRING8,0x0324 under Section 6 - Mapping for profile
properties.
13. Import the .prf file by using Outlook, or deploy the .prf file by using
one of the supported installation methods.
For more information, please refer to the following article:
How to set the location of an archive .pst file in Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/836755
In addition, I'd like to let you know the default path for AutoArchive on
Outlook.
The default path for AutoArchive on outlook is set to %System
Drive%\Documents and Settings\User Profile\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Archive.pst.
We can change the path of the Archive.PST on the client computer by going
to Outlook - Tools - Options - Other - AutoArchive - Change the path.
The corresponding registry key on the client computer is:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\<ProfileName>\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046
The value which controls the path on Outlook 2007 is different and the
value is "001f0324". There is no change in registry value for the below
conditions.
The location and file name set in Tools\Options\AutoArchive\Default Archive
File maps to 001f0324.
The location and file name set in File\Archive\Archive File maps to
001f032c.
More Information:
The values which control the path on Outlook 2003 as follows:
001e0324
001e032c
The location and file name set in Tools\Options\AutoArchive\Default Archive
File maps to 001e0324.
The location and file name set in File\Archive\Archive File maps to
001e032c.
Additional information:
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Personal folder files are unsupported over a LAN or over a WAN link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297019
Network Stored PST files ... don't do it!
http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2007/01/21/network-stored-pst-files
-don-t-do-it.aspx
I hope it will be helpful. If you have any questions on them, feel free to
let me know.
Sincerely,
Robert Zhao
Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center
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