Outlook 2003: remove specific account programatically?

[Mark Landin]

We have a number of users who have some additional accounts set up in
their Outlook 2003 profiles. This account is attached to some faxing
software that we are planning to remove. Is there a way, using Group
Policy, Vb scripting, or via the command line, to remove that account
so we don't have to visit each machine or ask the user to do it?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

There is no supported way to remove an account. You'd have to hack the registry, which isn't easy, since an account won't be in the same reg key on every machine.

 

[Mark Landin]

There is no supported way to remove an account. You'd have to hack the registry, which isn't easy, since an account won't be in the same reg key on every machine.

I'm not squeamish. If Outlook can reliablly find the right reg.
key, so can I. Any clues as to where to look...?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You have to examine each registry key under the right profile under Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles and figure out which one has the account you're looking for. Alternatively, take a look at the ProfMan library from http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/

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