Outlook 2003 PRF switches???

[Jim Bud]

This is regarding Outlook 2003 (Office 2003)...We have the importprf switch
in a batch file which lies in a login script so the first time a client logs
into Windows XP and the batch file calls the importprf switch it runs the prf
and opens outlook 2003 to create the Outlook profile. Is there a switch we
can put in this importprf line in the batch file that stops Outlook from
opening or is there no way around it?

Here is the line in the batch file...

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\outlook.exe" /importprf
S:\MIGRATE\newprof.PRF

This line above obviously calls the outlook.exe and runs the newprof.prf
from S mapped drive and opens Outlook 2003 when creating a new profile, is
there a switch to put in the above line to stop Outlook from opening but
still create the profile so when client opens Outlook by themselves the
profile is created.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

What you require will take a registry change. Set
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Setup\ImportPRF to the path to
your .prf file.

Did you deploy Outlook/Office from an administrative installation point?
This will determine whether you can deploy updates with the Custom
Maintenance Wizard.

 

[Jim Bud]

Sue, thanks for the quick response, yes we are using an administrative
installation point. We have a prf in the CIW for existing outlook profiles,
but for new profiles to outlook for example when a user logs into a computer
for the first time the S drive mapping launches an exchprof.bat which creates
their outlook 2003 profile running the importprf line I gave below. So this
is outside of the CIW and Custom Maintenance Wizard. I don't see that reg
entry you gave me.

 

[Jim Bud]

Sue, thanks for the quick response, yes we are using an administrative
installation point. We have a prf in the CIW for existing outlook profiles,
but for new profiles to outlook for example when a user logs into a computer
for the first time the S drive mapping launches an exchprof.bat which creates
their outlook 2003 profile running the importprf line I gave below. So this
is outside of the CIW and Custom Maintenance Wizard. I don't see that reg
entry you gave me.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Let me put it another way: Don't use the /importprf switch. Instead, you can
use the CMW to create a profile and incorporate it into a .cmw file. Then
deploy the CMW file with the Maintwiz.exe file, as explained in the RK and
in the last screen of the CMW.

If you use the CMW Viewer, you'll see what registry entries are involved.

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