Creating New PST using CIW

[Isaac Steinfeld]

Hi:

I'm trying to use the Custom Installation Wizard to upgrade Windows 2000 to
Windows 2003. I want to preserve all users' existing settings and profiles
with the exception of creating a new Unicode PST for our POP3 accounts (no
Exchange Server) and setting this new PST to be the default delivery
location. I choose the option to Modify Profile & in the "Customize
additional Outlook profile and account information" screen, I specify a new
PST file and choose this new file as the default delivery location.

Upon running this MST, it ignores the creation of the new PST and defaults
to my existing PST.

What am I doing wrong.

Thanks

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

This is a new Outlook 2003 installation? (You said Windows.) Could you post the first four sections of the .prf please?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Isaac Steinfeld]

Sue: I appreciate you responding to this post.

Sorry. I did mean Outlook. I am not using any PRF files.

The (IMO) relevant CIW screens are as follows:

On Screen 17/24 titled "Outlook: Customize Default Profile", I selected the
option to "Modify Profile" (not "Apply PRF").

On Screen 19/24 titled "Outlook: Add Accounts", I selected the option to
"Customize additional Outlook profile and account information". Then I added
an account for "Personal Folders File (PST)", leaving the default path
"%USERPROFILE%\local settings\application
data\microsoft\outlook\outlookl.pst", and selected to "Deliver new mail to
the following location" to point to the newly created PST.

Thanks,

-Isaac Steinfeld

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You are indeed using a .prf file. What those pages of the CIW do is construct a .prf file and deploy it along with the registry settings necessary to direct Outlook to import the file. You can export a copy of what the CIW will create by using the Export PRF button on the CIW screen. Or you can fish it out of the Office installation folder on the client.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Isaac Steinfeld]

Here it is...

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

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

[General]
Custom=1
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE
DefaultStore=Service1

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

[Service List]
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service1=Unicode Personal Folders

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

[Internet Account List]

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

[ServiceEGS]

[Service1]
UniqueService=No
Name=Main Personal Folders
PathToPersonalFolders=%USERPROFILE%\local settings\application
data\microsoft\outlook\outlookl.pst
EncryptionType=0x80000000

;[ServiceX]
;FormDirectoryPage=
;-- The URL of Exchange Web Services Form Directory page used to create Web
forms.
;WebServicesLocation=
;-- The URL of Exchange Web Services page used to display unknown forms.
;ComposeWithWebServices=
;-- Set to TRUE to use Exchange Web Services to compose forms.
;PromptWhenUsingWebServices=
;-- Set to TRUE to use Exchange Web Services to display unknown forms.
;OpenWithWebServices=
;-- Set to TRUE to prompt user before opening unknown forms when using
Exchange Web Services.

 

[Isaac Steinfeld]

Upon doing further testing, I discovered that if I specify another path to
the new pst file without using the %USERPROFILE% variable, (eg
c:\temp\outlookl.pst), at the time of install it prompts for the correct
path, & upon providing a path, it accepts it as the default delivery
location.

Apparently it is not liking the default path that is offered
%USERPROFILE%\local settings\application data\microsoft\outlook\outlookl.pst.
Doing Start > Run> "%USERPROFILE%\local settings\application
data\microsoft\outlook\" does open the desired folder.

Running setup with verbose logging turned on doesn't seem to provide any
information in the log files.

Thanks,

-Isaac Steinfeld

Here it is...

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

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

[General]
Custom=1
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE
DefaultStore=Service1

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

[Service List]
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service1=Unicode Personal Folders

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

[Internet Account List]

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

[ServiceEGS]

[Service1]
UniqueService=No
Name=Main Personal Folders
PathToPersonalFolders=%USERPROFILE%\local settings\application
data\microsoft\outlook\outlookl.pst
EncryptionType=0x80000000

;[ServiceX]
;FormDirectoryPage=
;-- The URL of Exchange Web Services Form Directory page used to create Web
forms.
;WebServicesLocation=
;-- The URL of Exchange Web Services page used to display unknown forms.
;ComposeWithWebServices=
;-- Set to TRUE to use Exchange Web Services to compose forms.
;PromptWhenUsingWebServices=
;-- Set to TRUE to use Exchange Web Services to display unknown forms.
;OpenWithWebServices=
;-- Set to TRUE to prompt user before opening unknown forms when using
Exchange Web Services.

You are indeed using a .prf file. What those pages of the CIW do is construct a .prf file and deploy it along with the registry settings necessary to direct Outlook to import the file. You can export a copy of what the CIW will create by using the Export PRF button on the CIW screen. Or you can fish it out of the Office installation folder on the client.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Isaac Steinfeld]

Sue:

Do you have any additional advice for my lingering issue, with using the
using the %USERPROFILE% variable?

Thanks,

-Isaac Steinfeld

Upon doing further testing, I discovered that if I specify another path to
the new pst file without using the %USERPROFILE% variable, (eg
c:\temp\outlookl.pst), at the time of install it prompts for the correct
path, & upon providing a path, it accepts it as the default delivery
location.

Apparently it is not liking the default path that is offered
%USERPROFILE%\local settings\application data\microsoft\outlook\outlookl.pst.
Doing Start > Run> "%USERPROFILE%\local settings\application
data\microsoft\outlook\" does open the desired folder.

Running setup with verbose logging turned on doesn't seem to provide any
information in the log files.

Thanks,

-Isaac Steinfeld

Here it is...

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

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

[General]
Custom=1
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE
DefaultStore=Service1

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

[Service List]
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service1=Unicode Personal Folders

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

[Internet Account List]

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

[ServiceEGS]

[Service1]
UniqueService=No
Name=Main Personal Folders
PathToPersonalFolders=%USERPROFILE%\local settings\application
data\microsoft\outlook\outlookl.pst
EncryptionType=0x80000000

;[ServiceX]
;FormDirectoryPage=
;-- The URL of Exchange Web Services Form Directory page used to create Web
forms.
;WebServicesLocation=
;-- The URL of Exchange Web Services page used to display unknown forms.
;ComposeWithWebServices=
;-- Set to TRUE to use Exchange Web Services to compose forms.
;PromptWhenUsingWebServices=
;-- Set to TRUE to use Exchange Web Services to display unknown forms.
;OpenWithWebServices=
;-- Set to TRUE to prompt user before opening unknown forms when using
Exchange Web Services.

You are indeed using a .prf file. What those pages of the CIW do is construct a .prf file and deploy it along with the registry settings necessary to direct Outlook to import the file. You can export a copy of what the CIW will create by using the Export PRF button on the CIW screen. Or you can fish it out of the Office installation folder on the client.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers


Sue: I appreciate you responding to this post.

Sorry. I did mean Outlook. I am not using any PRF files.

The (IMO) relevant CIW screens are as follows:

On Screen 17/24 titled "Outlook: Customize Default Profile", I selected the
option to "Modify Profile" (not "Apply PRF").

On Screen 19/24 titled "Outlook: Add Accounts", I selected the option to
"Customize additional Outlook profile and account information". Then I added
an account for "Personal Folders File (PST)", leaving the default path
"%USERPROFILE%\local settings\application
data\microsoft\outlook\outlookl.pst", and selected to "Deliver new mail to
the following location" to point to the newly created PST.

Thanks,

-Isaac Steinfeld


:

This is a new Outlook 2003 installation? (You said Windows.) Could you post the first four sections of the .prf please?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers


Hi:

I'm trying to use the Custom Installation Wizard to upgrade Windows 2000 to
Windows 2003. I want to preserve all users' existing settings and profiles
with the exception of creating a new Unicode PST for our POP3 accounts (no
Exchange Server) and setting this new PST to be the default delivery
location. I choose the option to Modify Profile & in the "Customize
additional Outlook profile and account information" screen, I specify a new
PST file and choose this new file as the default delivery location.

Upon running this MST, it ignores the creation of the new PST and defaults
to my existing PST.

What am I doing wrong.

Thanks

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

No, %userprofile% is supposed to work. I don' t know why it isn't in your case.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Sue:

Do you have any additional advice for my lingering issue, with using the
using the %USERPROFILE% variable?

Thanks,

-Isaac Steinfeld

Upon doing further testing, I discovered that if I specify another path to
the new pst file without using the %USERPROFILE% variable, (eg
c:\temp\outlookl.pst), at the time of install it prompts for the correct
path, & upon providing a path, it accepts it as the default delivery
location.

Apparently it is not liking the default path that is offered
%USERPROFILE%\local settings\application data\microsoft\outlook\outlookl.pst.
Doing Start > Run> "%USERPROFILE%\local settings\application
data\microsoft\outlook\" does open the desired folder.

Running setup with verbose logging turned on doesn't seem to provide any
information in the log files.

Thanks,

-Isaac Steinfeld

Here it is...

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

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

[General]
Custom=1
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE
DefaultStore=Service1

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

[Service List]
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service1=Unicode Personal Folders

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

[Internet Account List]

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

[ServiceEGS]

[Service1]
UniqueService=No
Name=Main Personal Folders
PathToPersonalFolders=%USERPROFILE%\local settings\application
data\microsoft\outlook\outlookl.pst
EncryptionType=0x80000000

;[ServiceX]
;FormDirectoryPage=
;-- The URL of Exchange Web Services Form Directory page used to create Web
forms.
;WebServicesLocation=
;-- The URL of Exchange Web Services page used to display unknown forms.
;ComposeWithWebServices=
;-- Set to TRUE to use Exchange Web Services to compose forms.
;PromptWhenUsingWebServices=
;-- Set to TRUE to use Exchange Web Services to display unknown forms.
;OpenWithWebServices=
;-- Set to TRUE to prompt user before opening unknown forms when using
Exchange Web Services.

:

You are indeed using a .prf file. What those pages of the CIW do is construct a .prf file and deploy it along with the registry settings necessary to direct Outlook to import the file. You can export a copy of what the CIW will create by using the Export PRF button on the CIW screen. Or you can fish it out of the Office installation folder on the client.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers


Sue: I appreciate you responding to this post.

Sorry. I did mean Outlook. I am not using any PRF files.

The (IMO) relevant CIW screens are as follows:

On Screen 17/24 titled "Outlook: Customize Default Profile", I selected the
option to "Modify Profile" (not "Apply PRF").

On Screen 19/24 titled "Outlook: Add Accounts", I selected the option to
"Customize additional Outlook profile and account information". Then I added
an account for "Personal Folders File (PST)", leaving the default path
"%USERPROFILE%\local settings\application
data\microsoft\outlook\outlookl.pst", and selected to "Deliver new mail to
the following location" to point to the newly created PST.

Thanks,

-Isaac Steinfeld


:

This is a new Outlook 2003 installation? (You said Windows.) Could you post the first four sections of the .prf please?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers


Hi:

I'm trying to use the Custom Installation Wizard to upgrade Windows 2000 to
Windows 2003. I want to preserve all users' existing settings and profiles
with the exception of creating a new Unicode PST for our POP3 accounts (no
Exchange Server) and setting this new PST to be the default delivery
location. I choose the option to Modify Profile & in the "Customize
additional Outlook profile and account information" screen, I specify a new
PST file and choose this new file as the default delivery location.

Upon running this MST, it ignores the creation of the new PST and defaults
to my existing PST.

What am I doing wrong.

Thanks