[THIN] Re: Running Outlook.prf once

Yes, but as long as you have a pre-made PRF file, you can manually
recreate the pieces that the custom install wizard puts in the registry
to get this to work. 

 

Relevant Registry path =
HKCU\software\microsoft\office\11.0\Outlook\Setup

 

    Relevant Keys:

 

        - FirstRun (dword)

                - This Value has to be either Null, or 0 for a new
update to take affect. 

        - First-Run (dword)

                - This Value has to be either Null, or 0 for a new
update to take affect.     

        - ImportPRF (REGSZ)

                - This value refers to the PRF file you've previously
created which tells outlook how to configure the user's outlook profile.

 

Note that the registry path listed above is "HKey_Current_User", meaning
this change is user specific. You can also stage these registry keys
under

 

HKLM\software\microsoft\windowsnt\terminalservices\install\software\micr
soft\office\11.0\outlook\setup - If you place the values here, then new
windows profiles created on the server would get the PRF file you've
specified when they start outlook. 

 

For existing users / profiles, there are a number of script options you
could use to pipe these new values into their HKCU on login as needed. 

 

HTH

 

J

________________________________

From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Jeff Pitsch
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 10:14 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Running Outlook.prf once

 

Or use the custom maintenance wizard to create the profile, then run the
change onto the servers and it will put everything in place for you.  I
hope that makes sense.  that's why I always recommend using the custom
installation wizard to create an MST so that these things are in place
before hand. 

 

Jeff Pitsch

 

On 1/31/06, Matthew Shrewsbury <MShrewsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

Write a batch file that checks for a flag. If the flag doesn't exist
then run the Outlook.prf and after running sets the flag so it won't run
again. 

 

Something like ...

 

IF EXIST H:\Windows\coscan.prf goto Outlook

 

copy M:\WINNT\profgen\coscan.prf H:\Windows

 

start "M:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OUTLOOK.EXE"
/importprf H:\Windows\coscan.prf 

goto end

 

:Outlook

 

start OUTLOOK.EXE

 

:end

 

Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+

Senior Network Administrator

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Michael Boggan
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 11:45 AM 
To: thin list
Subject: [THIN ] Running Outlook.prf once

 

We are using a PRF file to generate each users mail profile when they
run Outlook.  Since we are also using roaming profiles, we only want to
run the PRF file the first time the login. Right now it is part of the
Outlook icon on the desktop.  This is not working because it regenerates
there mail profile everytime they run it, so any changes they make are
erased; such as signature configurations.  Any suggestions on how this
can be run only the first time they login and then they use the regular
outlook.exe the rest of the time.

 

Thanks,

 

Michael Boggan

 


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