Multiple Mail Profiles

[Guest]

I am currently setting a up Outlook 2003 on a Windows 2000 Terminal Server. I
have some users who have multiple mail profiles so when they start outlook up
they prompt to choose which profile they want to use. I have each profile
setup in a PRF. Is there away I can script these PRF files in with out having
hte user donig it. I and manage to get one profile in but when it tries the
second one it fails with no error message. I want to keep my Terminal Server
profiles as desposable as possible.

Thanks

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

What do these PRF files actually do? Do you have them set to create new profiles that are not default profiles? It's hard to imagine a TS scenario where a user needs multiple profiles. Fill us in.

 

[Guest]

Yes, these prf add profiles that are not the default. Basicall its for a call
center senario where the users have multiple mail boxes. Its been requested
to add to TS in order to allow the users to work from home over the weekends.
Basically we have 4 different mailboxes that the people need to be able to
sign into plus there own which is the default. Its required to have seperate
mail profiles in order for the application that they use to work properly.

Up until this point we have just manually added them. But as we are
upgrading our TS enviorment we want to try and make the profiles disposiable.
Where historically there been system setting like multiple mailbox barried
with in them.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

So, how are you invoking the PRF files? Post the first five sections if that will shed light on the subject.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Well currently I am checking in a login script to see if the the user already
has a profile. If they don't we invoke the default profile by using the
outlook.exe /importprf default.prf

Which works but it doesn't appear that you can import more then one profile
this way.

Ideally we would have a script that follows the following logic

Checks to see if user has mail profile (Querying Registry)
If does depolys a Outlook Short Cut to the desktop

If User doesn't have Deault mail profile
Import Default profile (Currently copying short cut with the /importprf
default.prf)
If the users are in a NT GRoup
Import the other profiles


If that makes any sense...

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You definitely can import as many profiles as you want. You just have to shut down Outlook after each import.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your Help, I have now created A VBS script that will preform the
function..

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I would like to do the same think then you. But I don't find how to do this.
I read the prfwhitepaper.doc, but I don't understand.

can you mail me an exemple off you're PRF file with multiple profiles.

thank you very much, and sorry for my english.

Phil

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

In the PRF file, set DefaultProfile, OverwriteProfile, and ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent all to False. Set ProfileName to the name you want to use for the new profile. This will create a new named profile, using the settings in the PRF file, without making it the default profile.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Sue,

Can you put multiple profile names in a PRF file? Here is our situation.

We are migrating ur users to a new exchange server (MCREX632 to EXM-01). We
also have shared machines where the users login with the same login ID, but
have their own Outlook profiles.

We need an automated way to change the exchange server name for every
profile. I was thinking of using the MS Configuration Maint. Wizard, but I
want to do all users at the same time.

Any thoughts?

thanks,
David

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Each .prf file can configure one and only one mail profile.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers