Settings in %username%\windows in terminal service

[MartinL.]

We have a Macro in outlook that look for an ini file in the user's windows
folder.
It works great in outlook 2000 and 2003, but not in Outlook 2007 !
If I copy the .ini from documents and settings\%username%\windows to
c:\windows, it works great!
But this ini file are settings for each users.
Is there anything different in outlook 2007 about that Windows folder ?

I use Office standard 2007 with a Volume License key !

Am I missing something ?

Thank you very much for your help!
Martin L.

 

[MartinL.]

No help here ?
This is really annoying because my macro is really important in our company !
Its works perfectly in office 2000- 2003, in word and excel 2007, but not in
Outlook as refered in the first post!
The macro look for Ultima.ini that is located under "document and
settings\%username%\windows\", but Outlook 2007 look into c:\windows !!!

Thank you so much for your help. It will be greatly appreciated !!

Martin L.

 

[MartinL.]

Can someone tell me if it is an issue with 2007, or if it is just the way it
works now ?

Thanks you

Martin L.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

We have a Macro in outlook that look for an ini file in the user's windows
folder.
It works great in outlook 2000 and 2003, but not in Outlook 2007 !
If I copy the .ini from documents and settings\%username%\windows to
c:\windows, it works great!
But this ini file are settings for each users.
Is there anything different in outlook 2007 about that Windows folder ?

I use Office standard 2007 with a Volume License key !

Am I missing something ?

As far as I know, there's nothing special about %UserProfile%\Windows. In
fact, on most Windows systems, that folder doesn't even exist.

 

[MartinL.]

Well in TS mode, that folder is used to save client's settings.
The macro I use look in this folder to know Who is logged in !
In works with office 2000 and 2003 (in fact, I uninstalled 2007 and
installed 2003 instead and everything is fine).
But as I bought 2007, I would like to use it !With 2007, the macro look in
c:\windows. That causes problem because I have 70 different users that uses
that macro in TS. I can set only one user to work using c:\windows !

I really can't understand why it doesn't work on office 2007!
And I really saw that the advanced macro is searching in the wrong folder !!!

(this macro has been made by a programmer long time ago)

Thank you very much,

Martin L.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Well in TS mode, that folder is used to save client's settings.

I use Terminal Services and that folder doesn't exist on the system to which I
connect.

 

[MartinL.]

You are telling me that you don't have any documents and
settings\%username%\WINDOWS folder ?
That folder always been there !!

Martin L.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

You are telling me that you don't have any documents and
settings\%username%\WINDOWS folder ?
That folder always been there !!

Correct. That's what I'm telling you.

 

[MartinL.]

Ok!
Anyone can help me out on that ?

Martin L.

Correct. That's what I'm telling you.

 

[MartinL.]

This is from Microsoft about the stats of the serveur (install or execute
mode):
/execute : Enables .ini file mapping to the home directory. This is the
default setting.

/install : Disables .ini file mapping to the home directory. All .ini
files are read and written to the system directory. You must disable .ini
file mapping when installing applications on a terminal server.

Then I guess there IS a windows folder in users' environment with those ini
files ...

Martin L.