Redirect default location of archive.pst centrally

[Graham]

We recently migrated from Groupwise to Exchange/Outlook 2003, and the users'
Groupwise archives were converted and saved in their homedrives as follows:
H:\%username%.pst.

I have to change every Outlook client to automatically archive to this file,
and I would like to do it with Group Policy, or with a registry hack or
anything else that I can push centrally to all clients. I understand that
using pst files across the network is not supported or recommended;
nonetheless, this is what I have been told to do.

So, can I make the default archive file H:\%username%.pst (using the
variable, not the actual user's name), and can I make the change
administratively? We don't want to give users an instruction sheet about how
to do this manually. I would also like to change the autoarchive to this path
and file.

Thanks,

Graham

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

See http://support.microsoft.com/?id=836755

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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