Transferring Outlook custom views

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Garrett Thompson

Is there a way that I can transfer custom views from one computer to another,
via a logon script or some automatic method? I'd like to take one
workstation and use it as the basis for the others in the office.

Thanks in advance.
Garrett
 
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

It's not obvious how, but you can use a PST file to back up your views.
Here's a link to an article I wrote on how to manage this:

http://www.exchangeadmin.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8650

If you are not connecting to an Exchange server, you will not be able to use
the quick-and-dirty method and will need to add some additional steps to use
the other technique. Specifically, you will need to to make a copy of any
folder-specific view as a general view applying to all [mail, contact, etc.]
folders. Use the steps described in the topic on restoring views. Then you
will be able to back up those general views by using the backup technique
outlined.
 
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Garrett Thompson

You are awesome. I did read that article by the way, but I was hoping there
was another way. Don't know that I want to go through that much hassle for
what I want to accomplish.

Thanks much
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Sue Mosher said:
It's not obvious how, but you can use a PST file to back up your views.
Here's a link to an article I wrote on how to manage this:

http://www.exchangeadmin.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8650

If you are not connecting to an Exchange server, you will not be able to use
the quick-and-dirty method and will need to add some additional steps to use
the other technique. Specifically, you will need to to make a copy of any
folder-specific view as a general view applying to all [mail, contact, etc.]
folders. Use the steps described in the topic on restoring views. Then you
will be able to back up those general views by using the backup technique
outlined.



--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Garrett Thompson said:
Is there a way that I can transfer custom views from one computer to
another,
via a logon script or some automatic method? I'd like to take one
workstation and use it as the basis for the others in the office.

Thanks in advance.
Garrett
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