Or you can use the importprf key in the registry to do this also. Ron Oglesby Senior Technical Architect =20 RapidApp Office 312.372.7188 Mobile 312.961.2380 email roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx =20 -----Original Message----- From: Michael [mailto:indy019@xxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 5:00 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Profile Generator for Office XP I founda way around this by using the start command with Outlook command line switch. (there may be needless wrapping) ------------------------- rem @echo off ECHO Generating Outlook Profile IF "%USERNAME%" =3D=3D "Administrator" GOTO END IF EXIST H:\Windows\outlook.prf GOTO END copy %LOGONSERVER%\NETLOGON\outlook.prf=20 H:\windows\outlook.prf start "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\outlook.exe" /importPRF "H:\windows\outlook.prf" :end ------------------------- I hope this helps. Michael Saul --- "Barnes, Kim" <Kim.Barnes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is anyone using the Office XP Profile Generator?=20 > PRF files are now > executables in Outlook XP. I need the PRF file to > execute the first time a > user logs in. I don't want it to execute anytime > after because I don't want > the PRF file to overwrite any customizations they > may have made in Outlook. > I've accomplished this in a script file. The script > file does the > following: >=20 > Checks to see if the outlook.prf file exists in the > user's profile > directory. =20 > If it does not exist (then this is a new user), copy > the outlook.prf file to > the user's profile directory. > Execute the outlook.prf file, which launches > Outlook. > If it does exist, then it is not a new user so it > exits the script. >=20 > The following is my script file: >=20 > IF EXIST "%userprofile%\outlookxp.prf" goto end > copy M:\winnt\profgen\outlookxp.prf > "%userprofile%\outlookxp.prf" > M:\winnt\profgen\outlookxp.prf >=20 > :end >=20 > The problem is that since I have this in a script, > when it runs the line > M:\winnt\profgen\outlookxp.prf it launches outlook > and the script thinks > it's still running. So cmd.exe is still running in > the background. How do > I get the script to end?? >=20 > Thanks, > Kim Barnes > Server Administrator > TTI, Inc. > 817-740-9000=20 > kim.barnes@xxxxxxxxxx __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ***********************************************=20 This Weeks Sponsor: WM Software WMS Messenger for TSE Affordable Instant Messaging for Terminal Servers http://www.wmsoftware.com/wmsm/ ************************************************ For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or=20 set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link. http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm *********************************************** This Weeks Sponsor: WM Software WMS Messenger for TSE Affordable Instant Messaging for Terminal Servers http://www.wmsoftware.com/wmsm/ ************************************************ For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link. http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm