Well I finally figured it out. Thanks to someone else pointing it out.
Microsoft uses text files with a .prf extension and a highly structured
format to provide information to Outlook that enables Outlook to create or
modify a mail profile. You can create such .prf files with the Custom
Installation Wizard or Custom Maintenance Wizard tools in the Office
Resource Kit. For more details, including a variety of .prf deployment
methods, read the excellent white paper "Configuring Outlook Profiles by
Using a PRF File" at
http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...c_60I&respos=3
The page at
http://www.slipstick.com/exs/olroam.htm includes information on
other profile tools and resources.
"Drew D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> OK so it doesn't appear that it's a random string. That's what it is for
> Outlook 2003 and win XP. i'll test on the other windows version later.
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> Inside this folder are subfolders that appear to be auto incrementing for
> each account. I've tried creating a new one but it doesn't display in
> outlook. I believe the problem to be centered around the "Mini UID".
>
> How do I generate what should be there? It's unique for each account. The
> sub folder names and the mini UID appear to be some how dependent on each
> other. If I change either of them the account dissapears from outlook.
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> "Drew D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Thank you. I found it and it's in Hex. I can deal with that.
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>> Windows Messaging
>> Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676
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>> So my question becomes: Is the string of random looking numbers unique on
>> every computer? I'm assuming it is. Would you happen to know if there's a
>> way to obtain that string so that I can generate my .reg file to update
>> the appropriate location?
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>> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> it's in the same location as in 2000 too... in the Windows Messaging
>>> Subsystem key.
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>>> "Drew D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>>> My appologies.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't confirmed it in 2002 yet. I assumed that 2002 used the same
>>>> location as 2000.
>>>>
>>>> Do you know where 2002 stores that info in the registry?
>>>>
>>>> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>>>> it saves it in the same location as 2002...
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>>>>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
>>>>> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
>>>>> Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
>>>>> Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
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>>>>> "Drew D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>>>>> I've written a php script that will output the .reg file needed to
>>>>>> auto
>>>>>> configure oulook 2000 and 2002, and outlook express.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would like to make it so that I can auto configure outlook 2003 for
>>>>>> our
>>>>>> customers as well. It doesn't appear that 2003 uses the registry to
>>>>>> store the
>>>>>> mail server information. I assume that the information is in the
>>>>>> outlook.xml
>>>>>> file in some sort of encrypted format. I'm looking for resources that
>>>>>> will
>>>>>> allow me to autoconfigure their mail client for them.
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