Syncing Outlook data across 2 Windows OSes

[a.k.a.]

Hello, and thank you for reading this question.

I imagine you'll have no trouble understanding the setup below, and my goal
with creating this setup. I apologize if the hitches I'm describing are
unfamiliar. Any sort of help will be greatly appreciated.

I'm encountering problems syncing Outlook 2007 across two partitions of
Windows OS (Server x64 and Vista x86). There is no Exchange Server account
involved.

Outlook has been installed on each OS partition because Server 2008 RC
rejects the install of programs on a partition other than its own.
Nevertheless, it seems to be fine so far about installing at least some of
the profile files on a common 'files only' partition, which hopefully will be
accessible to both installed OSes.

Problems being encountered:

1. Can you foresee any configuration problems this setup will encounter?

2. Would it be better to set this up using SyncCenter or SyncToy? (So far, I
haven't been able to setup SyncCenter to do this.)

3. The first specific problem I'm encountering is not a multi-installation
problem per se: It's simply how to delink an installed Windows Live Outlook
Connector add-in from the default set of folders. Any help appreciated. The
chief problem with keeping WLOC as the default is that there are no optional
settings describing where the profile is kept, so perhaps it is not saving a
local PST file -- hence, there's no way to sync profiles across the OSes.

4. I would like to have the main/default folder set (associated with Outlook
Today and the main Calendar) independent of any particular email account, and
I'm fine with having it be a totally offline set of folders that I have to
sync to various email accounts and their folders by rules, etc. Why? Because
if you ever choose to change the default account associated with the
main/default folders, the new account doesn't thereby become the default set
of folders in Outlook! (The default folders continue to be tied to the first
email account you entered in your profile, and that creates problems. Among
these problems: The default folders and Outlook Today apparently can't be
repositioned lower down on the folder sidebar view. By going with an
account-neutral offline default setup, I will have the master folders
positioned above the folders tied to any specific accounts.) Is that the
correct way to understand the options?

5. Finding all of the profile settings/folders that you need to redirect to
a common partition is probably beyond me. (Partly this is because WLOC
account is disabling any options for folder redirection, so I don't know
where to look for the default locations.) Some of the profiles, for example,
seem to be stored in DLL files. (See those under Mail --> [account name] -->
Properties, among other places.) Can those DLLs be relocated/redirected by
some set of menu commands in Outlook? More important, what's the list of all
the default profile locations in 2007 that would have to be redirected to
totally relocate the user's profile in a non-Exchange Server setup?

My sense is these aren't questions that come up very often. I'm crossing my
fingers, hoping that there are a couple of you who already know your way
instinctively around the 2007 interface. Many thanks to all of you for your
forebearance, your insights, and your time!

a.k.a.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Why not simply relocate the pst-file to a (shared) location on a single
partition? After that you can connect to it from other installations via
File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...

Since the Outlook Connector is a sync tool on its own and data is kept on
the server already, you don't have to do anything else.



-----

Hello, and thank you for reading this question.

I imagine you'll have no trouble understanding the setup below, and my
goal
with creating this setup. I apologize if the hitches I'm describing are
unfamiliar. Any sort of help will be greatly appreciated.

I'm encountering problems syncing Outlook 2007 across two partitions of
Windows OS (Server x64 and Vista x86). There is no Exchange Server account
involved.

Outlook has been installed on each OS partition because Server 2008 RC
rejects the install of programs on a partition other than its own.
Nevertheless, it seems to be fine so far about installing at least some of
the profile files on a common 'files only' partition, which hopefully will
be
accessible to both installed OSes.

Problems being encountered:

1. Can you foresee any configuration problems this setup will encounter?

2. Would it be better to set this up using SyncCenter or SyncToy? (So far,
I
haven't been able to setup SyncCenter to do this.)

3. The first specific problem I'm encountering is not a multi-installation
problem per se: It's simply how to delink an installed Windows Live
Outlook
Connector add-in from the default set of folders. Any help appreciated.
The
chief problem with keeping WLOC as the default is that there are no
optional
settings describing where the profile is kept, so perhaps it is not saving
a
local PST file -- hence, there's no way to sync profiles across the OSes.

4. I would like to have the main/default folder set (associated with
Outlook
Today and the main Calendar) independent of any particular email account,
and
I'm fine with having it be a totally offline set of folders that I have to
sync to various email accounts and their folders by rules, etc. Why?
Because
if you ever choose to change the default account associated with the
main/default folders, the new account doesn't thereby become the default
set
of folders in Outlook! (The default folders continue to be tied to the
first
email account you entered in your profile, and that creates problems.
Among
these problems: The default folders and Outlook Today apparently can't be
repositioned lower down on the folder sidebar view. By going with an
account-neutral offline default setup, I will have the master folders
positioned above the folders tied to any specific accounts.) Is that the
correct way to understand the options?

5. Finding all of the profile settings/folders that you need to redirect
to
a common partition is probably beyond me. (Partly this is because WLOC
account is disabling any options for folder redirection, so I don't know
where to look for the default locations.) Some of the profiles, for
example,
seem to be stored in DLL files. (See those under Mail --> [account
name] -->
Properties, among other places.) Can those DLLs be relocated/redirected by
some set of menu commands in Outlook? More important, what's the list of
all
the default profile locations in 2007 that would have to be redirected to
totally relocate the user's profile in a non-Exchange Server setup?

My sense is these aren't questions that come up very often. I'm crossing
my
fingers, hoping that there are a couple of you who already know your way
instinctively around the 2007 interface. Many thanks to all of you for
your
forebearance, your insights, and your time!

a.k.a.

 

[a.k.a.]

Dear Robert,

Thanks, although the main problem I'm experiencing with with Outlook
Connector. I tried uninstalling it last night and restarted, because it won't
work for me to have a Windows Live account as the permanent default email
account associated with Outlook (see the original problem posed to the forum
about default folders being associated permanently with one account), but
when I uninstalled Connector, I got the following two errors that killed
Outlook:

1. The Add-in 'Outlook Connector Extensions' (msncon32.dll) cannot be loaded
and has been disabled by Outlook. Please contact the Add-in manufacturer for
an update. If no update is available, please uninstall the Add-in.

2. Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.
The set of folders cannot be opened. An unexpected error has occurred. MAPI
was unable to load the information service msncon.dll. Be sure the service is
correctly installed and configured.

I will reinstall Outlook Connect, and hope Outlook can be started again. But
that was part of the problem I was describing in the first post:
1. Connector won't uninstall.
2. That still leaves no solution to the problem of trying to make the
Windows Live account something other than the default email account.

Thanks for replying,
a.k.a.

Why not simply relocate the pst-file to a (shared) location on a single
partition? After that you can connect to it from other installations via
File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...

Since the Outlook Connector is a sync tool on its own and data is kept on
the server already, you don't have to do anything else.



-----

Hello, and thank you for reading this question.

I imagine you'll have no trouble understanding the setup below, and my
goal
with creating this setup. I apologize if the hitches I'm describing are
unfamiliar. Any sort of help will be greatly appreciated.

I'm encountering problems syncing Outlook 2007 across two partitions of
Windows OS (Server x64 and Vista x86). There is no Exchange Server account
involved.

Outlook has been installed on each OS partition because Server 2008 RC
rejects the install of programs on a partition other than its own.
Nevertheless, it seems to be fine so far about installing at least some of
the profile files on a common 'files only' partition, which hopefully will
be
accessible to both installed OSes.

Problems being encountered:

1. Can you foresee any configuration problems this setup will encounter?

2. Would it be better to set this up using SyncCenter or SyncToy? (So far,
I
haven't been able to setup SyncCenter to do this.)

3. The first specific problem I'm encountering is not a multi-installation
problem per se: It's simply how to delink an installed Windows Live
Outlook
Connector add-in from the default set of folders. Any help appreciated.
The
chief problem with keeping WLOC as the default is that there are no
optional
settings describing where the profile is kept, so perhaps it is not saving
a
local PST file -- hence, there's no way to sync profiles across the OSes.

4. I would like to have the main/default folder set (associated with
Outlook
Today and the main Calendar) independent of any particular email account,
and
I'm fine with having it be a totally offline set of folders that I have to
sync to various email accounts and their folders by rules, etc. Why?
Because
if you ever choose to change the default account associated with the
main/default folders, the new account doesn't thereby become the default
set
of folders in Outlook! (The default folders continue to be tied to the
first
email account you entered in your profile, and that creates problems.
Among
these problems: The default folders and Outlook Today apparently can't be
repositioned lower down on the folder sidebar view. By going with an
account-neutral offline default setup, I will have the master folders
positioned above the folders tied to any specific accounts.) Is that the
correct way to understand the options?

5. Finding all of the profile settings/folders that you need to redirect
to
a common partition is probably beyond me. (Partly this is because WLOC
account is disabling any options for folder redirection, so I don't know
where to look for the default locations.) Some of the profiles, for
example,
seem to be stored in DLL files. (See those under Mail --> [account
name] -->
Properties, among other places.) Can those DLLs be relocated/redirected by
some set of menu commands in Outlook? More important, what's the list of
all
the default profile locations in 2007 that would have to be redirected to
totally relocate the user's profile in a non-Exchange Server setup?

My sense is these aren't questions that come up very often. I'm crossing
my
fingers, hoping that there are a couple of you who already know your way
instinctively around the 2007 interface. Many thanks to all of you for
your
forebearance, your insights, and your time!

a.k.a.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

When you first start Outlook and configure it with a different account or no
mail account at all, it will create a default folder set. When upon first
configuration you start with the Outlook Connector, the Live account will be
set as default.

When you uninstall the Outlook Connector, you still have to remove the Live
account from your mail profile. Once you've done that, the error will go
away.

Depending on other account configurations, you might want to consider
recreating your mail profile.
See http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm



-----

Dear Robert,

Thanks, although the main problem I'm experiencing with with Outlook
Connector. I tried uninstalling it last night and restarted, because it
won't
work for me to have a Windows Live account as the permanent default email
account associated with Outlook (see the original problem posed to the
forum
about default folders being associated permanently with one account), but
when I uninstalled Connector, I got the following two errors that killed
Outlook:

1. The Add-in 'Outlook Connector Extensions' (msncon32.dll) cannot be
loaded
and has been disabled by Outlook. Please contact the Add-in manufacturer
for
an update. If no update is available, please uninstall the Add-in.

2. Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.
The set of folders cannot be opened. An unexpected error has occurred.
MAPI
was unable to load the information service msncon.dll. Be sure the service
is
correctly installed and configured.

I will reinstall Outlook Connect, and hope Outlook can be started again.
But
that was part of the problem I was describing in the first post:
1. Connector won't uninstall.
2. That still leaves no solution to the problem of trying to make the
Windows Live account something other than the default email account.

Thanks for replying,
a.k.a.

Why not simply relocate the pst-file to a (shared) location on a single
partition? After that you can connect to it from other installations via
File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...

Since the Outlook Connector is a sync tool on its own and data is kept on
the server already, you don't have to do anything else.



-----

Hello, and thank you for reading this question.

I imagine you'll have no trouble understanding the setup below, and my
goal
with creating this setup. I apologize if the hitches I'm describing are
unfamiliar. Any sort of help will be greatly appreciated.

I'm encountering problems syncing Outlook 2007 across two partitions of
Windows OS (Server x64 and Vista x86). There is no Exchange Server
account
involved.

Outlook has been installed on each OS partition because Server 2008 RC
rejects the install of programs on a partition other than its own.
Nevertheless, it seems to be fine so far about installing at least some
of
the profile files on a common 'files only' partition, which hopefully
will
be
accessible to both installed OSes.

Problems being encountered:

1. Can you foresee any configuration problems this setup will
encounter?

2. Would it be better to set this up using SyncCenter or SyncToy? (So
far,
I
haven't been able to setup SyncCenter to do this.)

3. The first specific problem I'm encountering is not a
multi-installation
problem per se: It's simply how to delink an installed Windows Live
Outlook
Connector add-in from the default set of folders. Any help appreciated.
The
chief problem with keeping WLOC as the default is that there are no
optional
settings describing where the profile is kept, so perhaps it is not
saving
a
local PST file -- hence, there's no way to sync profiles across the
OSes.

4. I would like to have the main/default folder set (associated with
Outlook
Today and the main Calendar) independent of any particular email
account,
and
I'm fine with having it be a totally offline set of folders that I have
to
sync to various email accounts and their folders by rules, etc. Why?
Because
if you ever choose to change the default account associated with the
main/default folders, the new account doesn't thereby become the
default
set
of folders in Outlook! (The default folders continue to be tied to the
first
email account you entered in your profile, and that creates problems.
Among
these problems: The default folders and Outlook Today apparently can't
be
repositioned lower down on the folder sidebar view. By going with an
account-neutral offline default setup, I will have the master folders
positioned above the folders tied to any specific accounts.) Is that
the
correct way to understand the options?

5. Finding all of the profile settings/folders that you need to
redirect
to
a common partition is probably beyond me. (Partly this is because WLOC
account is disabling any options for folder redirection, so I don't
know
where to look for the default locations.) Some of the profiles, for
example,
seem to be stored in DLL files. (See those under Mail --> [account
name] -->
Properties, among other places.) Can those DLLs be relocated/redirected
by
some set of menu commands in Outlook? More important, what's the list
of
all
the default profile locations in 2007 that would have to be redirected
to
totally relocate the user's profile in a non-Exchange Server setup?

My sense is these aren't questions that come up very often. I'm
crossing
my
fingers, hoping that there are a couple of you who already know your
way
instinctively around the 2007 interface. Many thanks to all of you for
your
forebearance, your insights, and your time!

a.k.a.

 

[a.k.a.]

Robert,

Thanks a lot. Both this info about getting rid of the OC profile before
recreating it, and the reminder that OC syncs online, were very helpful.

I realize that I'm talking past your advice a bit, but it turned out that
when I reinstalled the OC, something very fortunate happened: the Windows
Live account was no longer set as the default email account, and yet all of
the folders for the account were still intact (because I hadn't deleted the
profile in the first place)! My guess is that as long as I don't set the WL
account to default, I'll have what I'm looking for -- a default Outlook setup
that is totally offline, not associated with any of several email accounts,
but with Outlook Today and all of the other default folder goodies showing up
on launch. So I guess that inadvertently provided the solution, albeit an
undocumented one.

I'll be moving the PST files next to sync them across OSes, and will rely,
as you said, on the WL server to sync the WL account across OSes.
Incidentally, here's a very handy article on Slipstick that shows where all
of the profile data folders are stored in Outlook 2007, beyond the main PST
file:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup2007.asp

The final piece of this would be, now that there's a default set of folders
that's totally offline, will it suffice to use a rule to arrange to have the
multiple inboxes of various email accounts (WL, Gmail, etc.) funnel together
into a unified default inbox? And if you can do this, the best situation
would be that any replies sent from this unified inbox will list the various
original email account address as the sender's address (WL, Gmail ,etc.). In
other words, Outlook won't just force all the emails funnelled into the
unified inbox to go out under a single default sender's address. Can you say
whether that is the way Outlook does it, and if not, can it be arranged?

When you first start Outlook and configure it with a different account or no
mail account at all, it will create a default folder set. When upon first
configuration you start with the Outlook Connector, the Live account will be
set as default.

When you uninstall the Outlook Connector, you still have to remove the Live
account from your mail profile. Once you've done that, the error will go
away.

Depending on other account configurations, you might want to consider
recreating your mail profile.
See http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm



-----

Dear Robert,

Thanks, although the main problem I'm experiencing with with Outlook
Connector. I tried uninstalling it last night and restarted, because it
won't
work for me to have a Windows Live account as the permanent default email
account associated with Outlook (see the original problem posed to the
forum
about default folders being associated permanently with one account), but
when I uninstalled Connector, I got the following two errors that killed
Outlook:

1. The Add-in 'Outlook Connector Extensions' (msncon32.dll) cannot be
loaded
and has been disabled by Outlook. Please contact the Add-in manufacturer
for
an update. If no update is available, please uninstall the Add-in.

2. Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.
The set of folders cannot be opened. An unexpected error has occurred.
MAPI
was unable to load the information service msncon.dll. Be sure the service
is
correctly installed and configured.

I will reinstall Outlook Connect, and hope Outlook can be started again.
But
that was part of the problem I was describing in the first post:
1. Connector won't uninstall.
2. That still leaves no solution to the problem of trying to make the
Windows Live account something other than the default email account.

Thanks for replying,
a.k.a.

Why not simply relocate the pst-file to a (shared) location on a single
partition? After that you can connect to it from other installations via
File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...

Since the Outlook Connector is a sync tool on its own and data is kept on
the server already, you don't have to do anything else.




Hello, and thank you for reading this question.

I imagine you'll have no trouble understanding the setup below, and my
goal
with creating this setup. I apologize if the hitches I'm describing are
unfamiliar. Any sort of help will be greatly appreciated.

I'm encountering problems syncing Outlook 2007 across two partitions of
Windows OS (Server x64 and Vista x86). There is no Exchange Server
account
involved.

Outlook has been installed on each OS partition because Server 2008 RC
rejects the install of programs on a partition other than its own.
Nevertheless, it seems to be fine so far about installing at least some
of
the profile files on a common 'files only' partition, which hopefully
will
be
accessible to both installed OSes.

Problems being encountered:

1. Can you foresee any configuration problems this setup will
encounter?

2. Would it be better to set this up using SyncCenter or SyncToy? (So
far,
I
haven't been able to setup SyncCenter to do this.)

3. The first specific problem I'm encountering is not a
multi-installation
problem per se: It's simply how to delink an installed Windows Live
Outlook
Connector add-in from the default set of folders. Any help appreciated.
The
chief problem with keeping WLOC as the default is that there are no
optional
settings describing where the profile is kept, so perhaps it is not
saving
a
local PST file -- hence, there's no way to sync profiles across the
OSes.

4. I would like to have the main/default folder set (associated with
Outlook
Today and the main Calendar) independent of any particular email
account,
and
I'm fine with having it be a totally offline set of folders that I have
to
sync to various email accounts and their folders by rules, etc. Why?
Because
if you ever choose to change the default account associated with the
main/default folders, the new account doesn't thereby become the
default
set
of folders in Outlook! (The default folders continue to be tied to the
first
email account you entered in your profile, and that creates problems.
Among
these problems: The default folders and Outlook Today apparently can't
be
repositioned lower down on the folder sidebar view. By going with an
account-neutral offline default setup, I will have the master folders
positioned above the folders tied to any specific accounts.) Is that
the
correct way to understand the options?

5. Finding all of the profile settings/folders that you need to
redirect
to
a common partition is probably beyond me. (Partly this is because WLOC
account is disabling any options for folder redirection, so I don't
know
where to look for the default locations.) Some of the profiles, for
example,
seem to be stored in DLL files. (See those under Mail --> [account
name] -->
Properties, among other places.) Can those DLLs be relocated/redirected
by
some set of menu commands in Outlook? More important, what's the list
of
all
the default profile locations in 2007 that would have to be redirected
to
totally relocate the user's profile in a non-Exchange Server setup?

My sense is these aren't questions that come up very often. I'm
crossing
my
fingers, hoping that there are a couple of you who already know your
way
instinctively around the 2007 interface. Many thanks to all of you for
your
forebearance, your insights, and your time!

a.k.a.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

will it suffice to use a rule to arrange to have the

multiple inboxes of various email accounts (WL, Gmail, etc.) funnel
together
into a unified default inbox?

No, because they are not all POP3 email accounts. IMAP, HTTP, Connector
accounts and additional Exchange mailboxes will always require an additional
folder set because of the sync nature of the mail protocol.



-----

Robert,

Thanks a lot. Both this info about getting rid of the OC profile before
recreating it, and the reminder that OC syncs online, were very helpful.

I realize that I'm talking past your advice a bit, but it turned out that
when I reinstalled the OC, something very fortunate happened: the Windows
Live account was no longer set as the default email account, and yet all
of
the folders for the account were still intact (because I hadn't deleted
the
profile in the first place)! My guess is that as long as I don't set the
WL
account to default, I'll have what I'm looking for -- a default Outlook
setup
that is totally offline, not associated with any of several email
accounts,
but with Outlook Today and all of the other default folder goodies showing
up
on launch. So I guess that inadvertently provided the solution, albeit an
undocumented one.

I'll be moving the PST files next to sync them across OSes, and will rely,
as you said, on the WL server to sync the WL account across OSes.
Incidentally, here's a very handy article on Slipstick that shows where
all
of the profile data folders are stored in Outlook 2007, beyond the main
PST
file:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup2007.asp

The final piece of this would be, now that there's a default set of
folders
that's totally offline, will it suffice to use a rule to arrange to have
the
multiple inboxes of various email accounts (WL, Gmail, etc.) funnel
together
into a unified default inbox? And if you can do this, the best situation
would be that any replies sent from this unified inbox will list the
various
original email account address as the sender's address (WL, Gmail ,etc.).
In
other words, Outlook won't just force all the emails funnelled into the
unified inbox to go out under a single default sender's address. Can you
say
whether that is the way Outlook does it, and if not, can it be arranged?

When you first start Outlook and configure it with a different account or
no
mail account at all, it will create a default folder set. When upon first
configuration you start with the Outlook Connector, the Live account will
be
set as default.

When you uninstall the Outlook Connector, you still have to remove the
Live
account from your mail profile. Once you've done that, the error will go
away.

Depending on other account configurations, you might want to consider
recreating your mail profile.
See http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm



-----

Dear Robert,

Thanks, although the main problem I'm experiencing with with Outlook
Connector. I tried uninstalling it last night and restarted, because it
won't
work for me to have a Windows Live account as the permanent default
email
account associated with Outlook (see the original problem posed to the
forum
about default folders being associated permanently with one account),
but
when I uninstalled Connector, I got the following two errors that
killed
Outlook:

1. The Add-in 'Outlook Connector Extensions' (msncon32.dll) cannot be
loaded
and has been disabled by Outlook. Please contact the Add-in
manufacturer
for
an update. If no update is available, please uninstall the Add-in.

2. Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook
window.
The set of folders cannot be opened. An unexpected error has occurred.
MAPI
was unable to load the information service msncon.dll. Be sure the
service
is
correctly installed and configured.

I will reinstall Outlook Connect, and hope Outlook can be started
again.
But
that was part of the problem I was describing in the first post:
1. Connector won't uninstall.
2. That still leaves no solution to the problem of trying to make the
Windows Live account something other than the default email account.

Thanks for replying,
a.k.a.

:

Why not simply relocate the pst-file to a (shared) location on a
single
partition? After that you can connect to it from other installations
via
File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...

Since the Outlook Connector is a sync tool on its own and data is kept
on
the server already, you don't have to do anything else.




Hello, and thank you for reading this question.

I imagine you'll have no trouble understanding the setup below, and
my
goal
with creating this setup. I apologize if the hitches I'm describing
are
unfamiliar. Any sort of help will be greatly appreciated.

I'm encountering problems syncing Outlook 2007 across two partitions
of
Windows OS (Server x64 and Vista x86). There is no Exchange Server
account
involved.

Outlook has been installed on each OS partition because Server 2008
RC
rejects the install of programs on a partition other than its own.
Nevertheless, it seems to be fine so far about installing at least
some
of
the profile files on a common 'files only' partition, which
hopefully
will
be
accessible to both installed OSes.

Problems being encountered:

1. Can you foresee any configuration problems this setup will
encounter?

2. Would it be better to set this up using SyncCenter or SyncToy?
(So
far,
I
haven't been able to setup SyncCenter to do this.)

3. The first specific problem I'm encountering is not a
multi-installation
problem per se: It's simply how to delink an installed Windows Live
Outlook
Connector add-in from the default set of folders. Any help
appreciated.
The
chief problem with keeping WLOC as the default is that there are no
optional
settings describing where the profile is kept, so perhaps it is not
saving
a
local PST file -- hence, there's no way to sync profiles across the
OSes.

4. I would like to have the main/default folder set (associated with
Outlook
Today and the main Calendar) independent of any particular email
account,
and
I'm fine with having it be a totally offline set of folders that I
have
to
sync to various email accounts and their folders by rules, etc. Why?
Because
if you ever choose to change the default account associated with the
main/default folders, the new account doesn't thereby become the
default
set
of folders in Outlook! (The default folders continue to be tied to
the
first
email account you entered in your profile, and that creates
problems.
Among
these problems: The default folders and Outlook Today apparently
can't
be
repositioned lower down on the folder sidebar view. By going with an
account-neutral offline default setup, I will have the master
folders
positioned above the folders tied to any specific accounts.) Is that
the
correct way to understand the options?

5. Finding all of the profile settings/folders that you need to
redirect
to
a common partition is probably beyond me. (Partly this is because
WLOC
account is disabling any options for folder redirection, so I don't
know
where to look for the default locations.) Some of the profiles, for
example,
seem to be stored in DLL files. (See those under Mail --> [account
name] -->
Properties, among other places.) Can those DLLs be
relocated/redirected
by
some set of menu commands in Outlook? More important, what's the
list
of
all
the default profile locations in 2007 that would have to be
redirected
to
totally relocate the user's profile in a non-Exchange Server setup?

My sense is these aren't questions that come up very often. I'm
crossing
my
fingers, hoping that there are a couple of you who already know your
way
instinctively around the 2007 interface. Many thanks to all of you
for
your
forebearance, your insights, and your time!

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