PRF file

[Phoenix]

I'm looking at the following page.

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Offic...539a-49eb-935e-3222aed9f6a21033.mspx?mfr=true


I am trying to import a PRF to enable Exchange Cache Mode.

Can anyone tell me how the following works?

In the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Setup
subkey, set the value of ImportPRF to a string value that specifies the
name and path of the PRF file. For example, set ImportPRF to
\\server1\share\outlook.prf

Does the user run outlook or does it force run automatically.

Are there any ways of doing this where the user has very little
interference, basically the most user friendly way. if possible I do
not wnat outlook opening automatically on login.

Any ideas ?

 

[Eric Ashton]

(I am assuming from the reg key you listed that we are dealing with Office 12
here)

The most user friendly way to acomplish this is to create a custom .msp file
using the OCT rather then using a .PRF.

In the OCT in the "outlook profile" section select modify profile.
Then in the "specify exchange server settings" put a check in "configure
cached exchange mode" and set your settings there. Then save the .msp.

If Office 2007 is already installed you can then push the .msp and use the
following command.

msiexec /p \\server\sharedfolder\Custom.msp /qn

This should reconfigure Office to use your settings.