Location of archive.pst

[Morten-Christian Bernson]

We run an exchange server and the users use Outlook 2003, and everything
works as a charm. But when users go to file-archive and want to archive
their mail manually, they get the default location
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data
\Microsoft\Outlook\archive.pst

We have tried a great many things to set this path for the users, but
without luck. How is it possible to change the default value for this to
for example %homedrive%? The best solution would be if this was something
we could set through AD or the registry, but putting it in the PRF file
would work as well.

 

[Morten-Christian Bernson]

Found the solution in another news posting:

A) Under "; Section 2 - Services in Profile", there is a "[Service List]"
section. In that section, make the following entry:

ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client

B) Under "; Section 4 - Default values for each service.", create a
"[ServiceX]" section.

To the "[ServiceX]" section, add the following entry:

AutoArchiveFileName=C:\folder\file.pst

D) Under "Section 6 - Mapping for profile properties", there is a
[Microsoft Outlook Client] section. In that section, make the following
entry:

AutoArchiveFileName=PT_STRING8,0x0324