Error message when importing PRF file and opening Outlook for the

[Guest]

Hi There

I am wondering if someone can help me. I am a relative newbie to vbscripting
and in particular Outlook vbscripts.

I have been trying to create a script that takes a copy of a general PRF
file, checks for a specific default profile and if it’s not found then it
deletes all Outlook profiles which are already set up for this user and tries
to import it into Outlook on the first time Outlook opens. The reason I am
doing this is to try and get Outlook working for users that roam between
sites.

My script seems to work as it copies the copied PRF file to the user’s home
folder, deletes all the profiles and then modifies the registry and tells it
to import the PRF file the next time Outlook is run etc. However on occasions
this process gives up an error when the user logs in and tries to open
Outlook, the error is "Cannot start Microsoft outlook. Unable to open the
outlook window. The server is not available....." and I am unsure why this is
happening because sometimes the script runs perfectly. Can anyone shed some
light onto this for me because I am starting to pull my hair out?

Thanks very much

Alistair

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Have you verified the automated configuration to be correct when this
happens?

 

[Guest]

Yes the automated configuration is correct as sometimes it works perfectly.

Have you verified the automated configuration to be correct when this
happens?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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Hi There

I am wondering if someone can help me. I am a relative newbie to
vbscripting
and in particular Outlook vbscripts.

I have been trying to create a script that takes a copy of a general PRF
file, checks for a specific default profile and if it’s not found then it
deletes all Outlook profiles which are already set up for this user and
tries
to import it into Outlook on the first time Outlook opens. The reason I am
doing this is to try and get Outlook working for users that roam between
sites.

My script seems to work as it copies the copied PRF file to the user’s
home
folder, deletes all the profiles and then modifies the registry and tells
it
to import the PRF file the next time Outlook is run etc. However on
occasions
this process gives up an error when the user logs in and tries to open
Outlook, the error is "Cannot start Microsoft outlook. Unable to open the
outlook window. The server is not available....." and I am unsure why this
is
happening because sometimes the script runs perfectly. Can anyone shed
some
light onto this for me because I am starting to pull my hair out?

Thanks very much

Alistair

 

[Roady [MVP]]

I don't mean the configuration of the prf-file but the configuration of the
targetted machine that is exhibiting these issues after you applied the
script.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Yes the automated configuration is correct as sometimes it works
perfectly.

Have you verified the automated configuration to be correct when this
happens?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Hi There

I am wondering if someone can help me. I am a relative newbie to
vbscripting
and in particular Outlook vbscripts.

I have been trying to create a script that takes a copy of a general
PRF
file, checks for a specific default profile and if it’s not found then
it
deletes all Outlook profiles which are already set up for this user and
tries
to import it into Outlook on the first time Outlook opens. The reason I
am
doing this is to try and get Outlook working for users that roam
between
sites.

My script seems to work as it copies the copied PRF file to the user’s
home
folder, deletes all the profiles and then modifies the registry and
tells
it
to import the PRF file the next time Outlook is run etc. However on
occasions
this process gives up an error when the user logs in and tries to open
Outlook, the error is "Cannot start Microsoft outlook. Unable to open
the
outlook window. The server is not available....." and I am unsure why
this
is
happening because sometimes the script runs perfectly. Can anyone shed
some
light onto this for me because I am starting to pull my hair out?

Thanks very much

Alistair

 

[Guest]

Yes the configuration of the machines experiencing this problem are fine.

I don't mean the configuration of the prf-file but the configuration of the
targetted machine that is exhibiting these issues after you applied the
script.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Yes the automated configuration is correct as sometimes it works
perfectly.

Have you verified the automated configuration to be correct when this
happens?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
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Hi There

I am wondering if someone can help me. I am a relative newbie to
vbscripting
and in particular Outlook vbscripts.

I have been trying to create a script that takes a copy of a general
PRF
file, checks for a specific default profile and if it’s not found then
it
deletes all Outlook profiles which are already set up for this user and
tries
to import it into Outlook on the first time Outlook opens. The reason I
am
doing this is to try and get Outlook working for users that roam
between
sites.

My script seems to work as it copies the copied PRF file to the user’s
home
folder, deletes all the profiles and then modifies the registry and
tells
it
to import the PRF file the next time Outlook is run etc. However on
occasions
this process gives up an error when the user logs in and tries to open
Outlook, the error is "Cannot start Microsoft outlook. Unable to open
the
outlook window. The server is not available....." and I am unsure why
this
is
happening because sometimes the script runs perfectly. Can anyone shed
some
light onto this for me because I am starting to pull my hair out?

Thanks very much

Alistair