[THIN] Re: Getting those pesky defaults to be right for Outlook in default profile - Solution
- From: "Claus, Brian" <BClaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 08:35:23 -0500
Jim,
This is how we launch Outlook 2k.
I have a scripts directory which contains the following files:
profgen.cmd
defaultxp.prf
runh.exe
outlook.cmd
I call profgen.cmd to launch Outlook.
RUNH.EXE is a great utility from thethin.net which hides the command box from
appearing
PROFGEN.CMD IS AS FOLLOWS: (v: IS THE USER'S HOME DIRECTORY MAPPED IN AD)
@echo off
Color 16
ECHO Generating Your Outlook Profile, PLEASE WAIT!
ECHO This window will close automatically.
IF EXIST v:\windows\defaultxp.prf goto end
copy defaultxp.prf v:\windows\
goto end
:end
newprof -P v:\windows\defaultxp.prf
runh outlook.cmd
exit
DEFAULTXP.PRF IS below...NOTE THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO MODIFY SERVICE 2, 4 AND 5
FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION:
OUTLOOK.CMD just calls the outlook.exe
"G:\programfiles\microsoft office\office\outlook.exe"
; Outlook PRF file for Exchange Server users
; -------------------------------------------
; Copyright (C), Microsoft Corporation, 1997.
;
; The following PRF file is included as an example of how to create a PRF file
that will
; configure Outlook users with Exchange Server. Section 1, 2, and 3 may be
modified.
; DO NOT MODIFY SECTION 4. It will most likely cause Exchange services to
crash.
; Be very careful when editing to ensure property values match their property
types.
; NOTE: The HomeServer setting for the Microsoft Exchange Server must be filled
in
; before using this file.
;
; For information about how to disable Outlook Profile Setup and instead use the
; the Inbox Setup Wizard, see NONE.PRF in the Office Resource Kit.
; ************************************************************************
; Section 1 - Profile defaults.
[General]
Custom=1
; -- Required. Indicates that this is a customized PRF file.
ProfileName=%username%
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Yes
DefaultStore=Service2
; ************************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in profile.
[Service List]
Service1=Microsoft Outlook Client
Service2=Microsoft Exchange Server
Service3=Outlook Address Book
Service4=Personal Folders
Service5=Personal Address Book
; ************************************************************************
; Section 3 - Default values for each service.
[Service1]
EmptyWastebasket=FALSE
SelectEntireWord=TRUE
AfterMoveMessage=2
CloseOriginalMessage=FALSE
GenReadReceipt=TRUE
GenDeliveryReceipt=TRUE
DefaultSensitivity=0
DefaultPriority=1
SaveSentMail=TRUE
[Service2]
ConversionProhibited=TRUE
HomeServer=YOURMAILSERVERNAMEGOESHERE
MailBoxName=%username%
[Service3]
OutlookAddressBook:Contacts Mailbox - xxxx
Ben=TRUE
; -- Dummy property. Do not delete or modify.
[Service4]
PathToPersonalFolders=v:\%username%.pst
;[Service5]
;PathToPersonalAddressBook=v:\%username%.pab
;ViewOrder=1
; ************************************************************************
; Section 4 - Mapping for profile properties. DO NOT MODIFY.
; ************************************************************************
; Microsoft Outlook Client definitions
[Microsoft Outlook Client]
SectionGUID=0a0d020000000000c000000000000046
EmptyWastebasket=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0115
; -- A boolean value indicating whether or not to empty the
; wastebasket on exit.
SelectEntireWord=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0118
; -- A boolean value indicating whether or not to select entire
; words when selecting.
AfterMoveMessage=PT_LONG,0x013B
; -- Indicates what to do after moving or deleting a message.
; Possible values are shown below:
; 0 - Open Next Message
; 1 - Return to Viewer
; 2 - Open Previous Message
CloseOriginalMessage=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0132
; -- A boolean value indicating whether or not to close the
; original message after replying.
GenReadReceipt=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0141
; -- A boolean value indicating whether or not to generate
; a read receipt on sent mail.
GenDeliveryReceipt=PT_BOOLEAN,0x014C
; -- A boolean value indicating whether or not to generate
; a delivery receipt on sent mail.
DefaultSensitivity=PT_LONG,0x014F
; -- The default sensitivity to send mail with.
; Possible values are shown below:
; 0 - Normal
; 1 - Personal
; 2 - Private
; 3 - Confidential
DefaultPriority=PT_LONG,0x0140
; -- The default priority to send mail with.
; Possible values are shown below:
; 0 - Low
; 1 - Normal
; 2 - High
SaveSentMail=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0142
; -- A boolean value indicating whether to save a copy of
; sent messages in the sent items folder.
; ************************************************************************
; Microsoft Exchange Server service definitions.
[Microsoft Exchange Server]
ServiceName=MSEMS
MDBGUID=5494A1C0297F101BA58708002B2A2517
MailboxName=PT_STRING8,0x6607
; -- The name of the user's Exchange Server Mailbox
HomeServer=PT_STRING8,0x6608
; -- The name of the Microsoft Exchange Server the user should
; connect to. You can specify any Microsoft Exchange Server
; in your site, and the correct Home Server will be assigned
; when the user first logs on.
OfflineFolderPath=PT_STRING8,0x6610
; -- The path to the Offline Store File that contains
; local replicas of the user's Mailbox and Favorites.
; If you do not specify a value, no Offline Store will
; be created. If you specify a path, an Offline Store
; will be created and the Inbox, Outbox, Deleted Items,
; and Sent Items folders will be replicated to it.
OfflineAddressBookPath=PT_STRING8,0x660E
; -- The path to the directory to store offline address
; book files in.
ExchangeConfigFlags=PT_LONG,0x6601
; -- Flags that control behavior when connecting to the Exchange
; Server.
; The following values are possible:
; VALUE RESULT
; 4 Normal
; 6 Ask whether to connect or work offline at startup.
; 12 Allow clients to be authenticated via the Internet
; 14 Combination of 6 and 12.
ConversionProhibited=PT_BOOLEAN,0x3A03
; -- A boolean value indicating whether NEWPROF should
; attempt to resolve the Exchange mailbox name at run time.
; If set to TRUE, NEWPROF will copy the name to the profile
; without resolving it.
; If FALSE, the name will be resolved. Invalid server or
; mailbox name will not be copied to the profile.
; ************************************************************************
; Microsoft Mail service definitions.
[Microsoft Mail]
ServiceName=MSFS
; -- The path to the users post office. Mapped network drives, UNC and
NETWARE paths
; are acceptable. NETWARE paths of the type NWServer/share:dir\dir1
are converted to
; UNC paths of the type \\NWServer\share\dir\dir1.
ServerPath=PT_STRING8,0x6600
; -- The users mailbox name. eg. in a NET/PO/USER address,
; this is USER. The maximum mailbox name is 10 characters.
Mailbox=PT_STRING8,0x6601
; -- The users mailbox password. The maximum password is 8 characters.
Password=PT_STRING8,0x67f0
; -- A boolean value indicating whether the users password is
; to be remembered in the profile or not. This is useful because
; if the password is remembered the user can bypass the logon prompt
; if his server path, mailbox name and password are all supplied.
RememberPassword=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6606
; -- The connection type. This may be one of CFG_CONN_AUTO, CFG_CONN_LAN,
; CFG_CONN_REMOTE, CFG_CONN_OFFLINE as defined below.
;
; 0x0 -- LAN type connection. Used to connect to the post
office using a
; UNC path or pre-existing mapped drive.
; 0x1 -- Dial up connection using Dial-up Networking.
; 0x2 -- Not connected.
; 0x3 -- Automatically detect whether the connection type is
LAN or REMOTE.
; This connection type is only available on Win95.
ConnectionType=PT_LONG,0x6603
; -- A boolean value indicating whether session logging
; is on or off.
UseSessionLog=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6604
; -- The path to the session log file.
SessionLogPath=PT_STRING8,0x6605
; -- A boolean value which indicates whether mail in the outbox
; is sent.
EnableUpload=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6620
; -- A boolean value which indicates whether mail in the server
; mailbag is downloaded.
EnableDownload=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6621
; -- A bit array which allows the user to indicate which addresses
; for which the transport is to attempt delivery. This is useful
; in order to allow a user to specify that a transport only handle
; delivery for a subset of the addresses it can really process.
; When multiple transports are installed and the user wants a
; different transport to handle some specific address types they
; can use this bit array to specify that the MSMAIL transport
; only handle a specific set of addresses.
;
; Possible values as defined below include:
;
; 0x00000001 -- Local Post Office and External Post Office
address types
; 0x00000002 -- PROFS address types
; 0x00000004 -- SNADS address types
; 0x00000008 -- MCI address types
; 0x00000010 -- X.400 address types
; 0x00000040 -- FAX address types
; 0x00000080 -- MHS address types
; 0x00000100 -- SMTP address types
; 0x00000800 -- OfficeVision address types
; 0x00001000 -- MacMail address types
; 0x000019df -- All of the above address types
UploadMask=PT_LONG,0x6622
; -- A boolean value which indicates whether a netbios notification
; is sent to a recipients transport when mail is delivered to
; their server inbox.
NetBiosNotification=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6623
; -- The polling interval in minutes when the transport
; checks for new mail. 1 <= polling interval <= 9999
NewMailPollInterval=PT_STRING8,0x6624
; -- A boolean value which, if TRUE, only displays the Microsoft Mail
Global Address
; list for name selection. The Postoffice list, external post office
lists, and gateway
; address lists are not shown.
DisplayGalOnly=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6625
; -- A boolean value which indicates whether the user wants to enable
; headers while working on the LAN. Headers mode allows the user
; to download message headers and selectively choose which mail
; to download.
UseHeadersOnLAN=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6630
; -- A boolean value which indicates whether the user wants to use
; name resolution based on a local copy of the server address book
; rather than the server address book itself.
UseLocalAdressBookOnLAN=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6631
; -- A boolean value which indicates whether EXTERNAL.EXE, a server
process, should be used
; to deliver submitted mail messages. This is sometimes useful when
mail is running
; on a slow LAN connection.
UseExternalToHelpDeliverOnLAN=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6632
; -- A boolean value which indicates whether the user wants to enable
; headers while working over a slow speed link. Headers mode
; allows the user to download message headers and selectively
; choose which mail to download.
UseHeadersOnRAS=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6640
; -- A boolean value which indicates whether the user wants to use
; name resolution based on a local copy of the server address book
; rather than the server address book itself.
UseLocalAdressBookOnRAS=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6641
; -- A boolean value which indicates whether EXTERNAL.EXE, a server
process, should be used
; to deliver submitted mail messages. This speeds up message delivery
when mail is
; running on a Dial-up network connection.
UseExternalToHelpDeliverOnRAS=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6639
; -- A boolean value which indicates that a Dial-up Network connection
should
; be established when the transport provider starts up.
ConnectOnStartup=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6642
; -- A boolean value which indicates that a Dial-up Network connection
should
; be automatically terminated when headers are finished downloading.
DisconnectAfterRetrieveHeaders=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6643
; -- A boolean value which indicates that a Dial-up Network connection
should
; be automatically terminated after mail has finished being sent
; received.
DisconnectAfterRetrieveMail=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6644
; -- A boolean value which indicates that a Dial-up Network connection
should
; be automatically terminated when the provider is exited.
DisconnectOnExit=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6645
; -- The name of the Dial-up Network profile that the transport will use
by
; default to attempt the connection.
DefaultDialupConnectionName=PT_STRING8,0x6646
; -- Number of times to attempt dial for connection.
; 1 <= retry attempts <= 9999
DialupRetryCount=PT_STRING8,0x6648
; -- Delay between retry attempts in seconds.
; 30 <= retry delay <= 9999
DialupRetryDelay=PT_STRING8,0x6649
; ************************************************************************
; Personal Folders service definitions.
[Personal Folders]
ServiceName=MSPST MS
; -- Path to personal folders.
PathToPersonalFolders=PT_STRING8,0x6700
; -- A boolean value that determines if the personal folders password
; should be cached.
RememberPassword=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6701
; -- A value that designates the type of encryption that is used to
; compress the data in the PST:
;
; No Encryption 0x80000000
; Compressable Encryption 0x40000000
; Best Encryption 0x20000000
EncryptionType=PT_LONG,0x6702
; -- PST password.
Password=PT_STRING8,0x6703
; ************************************************************************
; Personal Address Book service definitions.
;
;[Personal Address Book]
;ServiceName=MSPST AB
;
; -- Path to personal address book.
;
;PathToPersonalAddressBook=PT_STRING8,0x6600
;
; -- Determines if PAB entries are first, last, or last, first.
;
; first last 0
; last, first 1
;
;ViewOrder=PT_LONG,0x6601
; ************************************************************************
; Outlook Address Book service definitions.
[Outlook Address Book]
ServiceName=CONTAB
Ben=PT_STRING8,0x6700
; -- Dummy property. Do not modify.
_____
Brian Claus, A+, Network+, MCP
Network Administrator
WESCO Distribution, Inc.
225 West Station Square Drive, Suite 700
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1122
Phone: 412-454-2412
Fax: 412-454-2540
bclaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bclaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
_____
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Jim Strowe
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:44 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Getting those pesky defaults to be right for Outlook in
default profile
MFXP, Office 2000. I keep reading and reading and haven't found how to
get the silly default user profile to set right for Outlook.
If I could get a %username% to work in the name field, 98% of my profile
problems would poof vanish. When I blow away a users
profile the one thing we always get is, "oooops we have to rerun the outlook
wizard".
Where is this information stored. I can't find it in the default profile
(all users/ntuser.dat) in clear text, (doesn't mean it's not there <g>).
I've looked at writing a PRF file and don't quite understand what or how it
gets integrated.
This has been solved I assume, but if someone could briefly restate what I
look at, I'd be thrilled.
(hey it's my birthday today,,,,make my day)
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