Where are rules & Safe/Blocked Senders are saved in the registry?

[Rob.Allen78]

Hello All,

I have a some what of a 'difficult' question (or two). I'll try to
make my inquiries as plain but detailed as possible so here goes
(Thanks in advance for reading)

In my (now former) profile - I had Outlook running (on a home computer
so no Exchange Server connectivity) and something caused my Outlook to
stop running properly. I'm pretty tech savy so I went through my
'usua' methods of diagnosis - I Googled the error, went to
Support.Microsoft.com, checked the Event Logs, etc. but couldn't find
what was causing my Oulook not to open properly. The message was the
following: "unable to open your default e-mail folders. The server is
not available. Contact your administrator if this condition
persists". Well to make a long troubleshooting story short - I was
able to determine that my profile was corrupted somehow and was not
allowing Outlook to open properly.

So I created a new profile and copied over everything from my previous
profile (mostly - I'd say like...95%) and am having no problems (knock
on wood) so far.

NOW here comes the conundrum - though my .pst was in tack from my
previous Outlook and all of my messages, contacts, etc. was there - I
wasn't able to export my rules or any of the Safe/Blocked Senders
listings so that I can reimport them into the new profile. SO where
in the registry to I find these listings so that I can export them and
then reimport them into the new profile? The reason why I say that is
as I said earlier - I copied over 95% of the folders/files from my old
profile to my new profile (the remaining 5% were folders or temp files
that had no relevance to Outlook or anything else for that matter).
Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

they are stored in the pst. using the old pst in the new profile should load
them.

 

[Brian Tillman]

they are stored in the pst. using the old pst in the new profile
should load them.

The safe and blocked senders lists are in the PST? Interesting.

 

[Rob.Allen78]

Hello and thank you for your reply.

If they were stored in the .pst - then why are they not there when I
loaded the old pst? In fact - I didn't have to load the old pst I
just 'pointed' my new outlook profile to the old pst (which I moved to
the new profile I created) and everything was in tack minus the rules
and the safe/blocked senders...

they are stored in the pst. using the old pst in the new profile should load
them.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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(e-mail address removed)

Hello All,

I have a some what of a 'difficult' question (or two). I'll try to
make my inquiries as plain but detailed as possible so here goes
(Thanks in advance for reading)

In my (now former) profile - I had Outlook running (on a home computer
so no Exchange Server connectivity) and something caused my Outlook to
stop running properly. I'm pretty tech savy so I went through my
'usua' methods of diagnosis - I Googled the error, went to
Support.Microsoft.com, checked the Event Logs, etc. but couldn't find
what was causing my Oulook not to open properly. The message was the
following: "unable to open your default e-mail folders. The server is
not available. Contact your administrator if this condition
persists". Well to make a long troubleshooting story short - I was
able to determine that my profile was corrupted somehow and was not
allowing Outlook to open properly.

So I created a new profile and copied over everything from my previous
profile (mostly - I'd say like...95%) and am having no problems (knock
on wood) so far.

NOW here comes the conundrum - though my .pst was in tack from my
previous Outlook and all of my messages, contacts, etc. was there - I
wasn't able to export my rules or any of the Safe/Blocked Senders
listings so that I can reimport them into the new profile. SO where
in the registry to I find these listings so that I can export them and
then reimport them into the new profile? The reason why I say that is
as I said earlier - I copied over 95% of the folders/files from my old
profile to my new profile (the remaining 5% were folders or temp files
that had no relevance to Outlook or anything else for that matter).
Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

Are you using 2003 or 2007?

Hello and thank you for your reply.

If they were stored in the .pst - then why are they not there when I
loaded the old pst? In fact - I didn't have to load the old pst I
just 'pointed' my new outlook profile to the old pst (which I moved to
the new profile I created) and everything was in tack minus the rules
and the safe/blocked senders...

they are stored in the pst. using the old pst in the new profile should
load
them.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

Outlook Tips:http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center:http://www.slipstick.com
Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(e-mail address removed)

Hello All,

I have a some what of a 'difficult' question (or two). I'll try to
make my inquiries as plain but detailed as possible so here goes
(Thanks in advance for reading)

In my (now former) profile - I had Outlook running (on a home computer
so no Exchange Server connectivity) and something caused my Outlook to
stop running properly. I'm pretty tech savy so I went through my
'usua' methods of diagnosis - I Googled the error, went to
Support.Microsoft.com, checked the Event Logs, etc. but couldn't find
what was causing my Oulook not to open properly. The message was the
following: "unable to open your default e-mail folders. The server is
not available. Contact your administrator if this condition
persists". Well to make a long troubleshooting story short - I was
able to determine that my profile was corrupted somehow and was not
allowing Outlook to open properly.

So I created a new profile and copied over everything from my previous
profile (mostly - I'd say like...95%) and am having no problems (knock
on wood) so far.

NOW here comes the conundrum - though my .pst was in tack from my
previous Outlook and all of my messages, contacts, etc. was there - I
wasn't able to export my rules or any of the Safe/Blocked Senders
listings so that I can reimport them into the new profile. SO where
in the registry to I find these listings so that I can export them and
then reimport them into the new profile? The reason why I say that is
as I said earlier - I copied over 95% of the folders/files from my old
profile to my new profile (the remaining 5% were folders or temp files
that had no relevance to Outlook or anything else for that matter).
Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Rob.Allen78]

Outlook 2003 - I guess I should have specified that. My apologies.

Are you using 2003 or 2007?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

Outlook Tips:http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center:http://www.slipstick.com
Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(e-mail address removed)

Hello and thank you for your reply.

If they were stored in the .pst - then why are they not there when I
loaded the old pst? In fact - I didn't have to load the old pst I
just 'pointed' my new outlook profile to the old pst (which I moved to
the new profile I created) and everything was in tack minus the rules
and the safe/blocked senders...

they are stored in the pst. using the old pst in the new profile should
load
them.
--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)
Outlook Tips:http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center:http://www.slipstick.com
Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(e-mail address removed)

Hello All,
I have a some what of a 'difficult' question (or two). I'll try to
make my inquiries as plain but detailed as possible so here goes
(Thanks in advance for reading)
In my (now former) profile - I had Outlook running (on a home computer
so no Exchange Server connectivity) and something caused my Outlook to
stop running properly. I'm pretty tech savy so I went through my
'usua' methods of diagnosis - I Googled the error, went to
Support.Microsoft.com, checked the Event Logs, etc. but couldn't find
what was causing my Oulook not to open properly. The message was the
following: "unable to open your default e-mail folders. The server is
not available. Contact your administrator if this condition
persists". Well to make a long troubleshooting story short - I was
able to determine that my profile was corrupted somehow and was not
allowing Outlook to open properly.
So I created a new profile and copied over everything from my previous
profile (mostly - I'd say like...95%) and am having no problems (knock
on wood) so far.
NOW here comes the conundrum - though my .pst was in tack from my
previous Outlook and all of my messages, contacts, etc. was there - I
wasn't able to export my rules or any of the Safe/Blocked Senders
listings so that I can reimport them into the new profile. SO where
in the registry to I find these listings so that I can export them and
then reimport them into the new profile? The reason why I say that is
as I said earlier - I copied over 95% of the folders/files from my old
profile to my new profile (the remaining 5% were folders or temp files
that had no relevance to Outlook or anything else for that matter).
Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Cary Liu]

Would you like just backup/restore your safe Senders?

It was restored in the following key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\<profilename>\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046]

Note the Registry Value -- 001f0418

You can double-click it to open and see what it includes. but don't attempt
to modify it.

We can use this method to modify or apply a safe senders info to a new
computer.

1. Create a new txt file, copy the following words into it.


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

[Service List]
ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client

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

[ServiceX]
[email protected];@microsoft.com;

; ***************************************************************
; Section 6 - Mapping for profile properties
; ***************************************************************

[Microsoft Outlook Client]
SectionGUID=0a0d020000000000c000000000000046
FormDirectoryPage=PT_STRING8,0x0270
WebServicesLocation=PT_STRING8,0x0271
ComposeWithWebServices=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0272
PromptWhenUsingWebServices=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0273
OpenWithWebServices=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0274
TrustedSenders=PT_UNICODE,0x0418

2. Safe this txt file as a .prf file.
3. Send to your new computer and double click it to import it.

NOTE: You can exchange/add the trustedsenders in the above

[ServiceX]
TrustedSenders=

Item.

Good luck

Cary