Registry pointer for Default Signature

[NewsGuru]

Can someone give me the registry location for the Signature file in
Outlook?

I know where the signature file is located on the file system. However,
I need to understand how outlook knows which signature file is currently
selected. Presumably there is a pointer in the registry but I haven't
been able to find it on y own.

Thank you,

ck

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

That's going to depend on your Outlook version.

 

[NewsGuru]

Outlook 98 and Outlook 2003.

Thank you,

ck
-----Original Message-----
From: Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: Friday, August 06, 2004 11:36 AM
Posted To: microsoft.public.outlook
Conversation: Registry pointer for Default Signature
Subject: Re: Registry pointer for Default Signature

That's going to depend on your Outlook version.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

In Outlook 2003, the signature information is stored as part of the message
profile under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\<profile
name>\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676. Remember that signatures in OL2003
are per-account, so each mail account will may have values for New Signature
and Reply-Forward Signature.

In Outlook 98, it depends on whether Word is the editor. If it is, the
signature is an AutoText entry named EmailSignature or something like that.
I don't recall where the default signature is kept if you're not using
WordMail, but it's easy to find if you search the registry for the name of
the signature.

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

 

[Brian Tillman]

In Outlook 2003, the signature information is stored as part of the
message profile under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\<profile
name>\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676.

I'm on Windows XP Pro with Outlook 2003 and my signature information is most
certainly not there, although my account information is.

Remember that signatures in OL2003 are per-account, so each mail account
will may have values for New Signature
and Reply-Forward Signature.

Perhaps the signature information exists in that Registry key only when
automatic signatures are enabled. I have six signatures, all of which are
available for all accounts (they're in the folder %USERPROFILE%\Application
Data\Microsoft\Signatures) via the Signature button on the Button Bar of the
Compose window and I can find no reference to that folder anywhere in the
Registry.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Correct. If you don't have automatic signatures enabled, you have no default
signature, and nothing is stored in the registry.

There used to be a way to change the location of the Signatures folder with
a registry entry -- see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=187784 -- but I
haven't tested in on OL2003.

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