Where (in which files) are profiles and accounts settings stored?

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Arthur Connor

Where are account settings stored for Outlook 2002/2003 ?
As far as I know the are NOT part of the *.pst file

Arty
 
They're in the Windows Registry, in the Windows Messaging Subsystem key.
 
In your registry:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Messaging Subsystem\Profiles"Arthur Connor"
 
Arthur said:
Where are account settings stored for Outlook 2002/2003 ?
As far as I know the are NOT part of the *.pst file

Arty
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In the registry
HKCU\software\microsoft\office\outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts
 
No, that's the location for Outlook 98/2000 in IMO mode.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Arthur Connor said:
Where are account settings stored for Outlook 2002/2003 ?
As far as I know the are NOT part of the *.pst file
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Registry - HKU\id\Software\MS\Office\Outlook\OMI\Accounts at least for OXP
with POP3.

Venger
 
The following if for Outlook 2000 but I think it's the same for 2003

From http://content.techweb.com/winmag/fixes/2001/06.htm

Account Settings:
Outlook 2000 mail accounts are stored in the registry key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook. To save this data,
start RegEdit and select that key in the left-hand pane. Then from the menu
select Registry | Export Registry File. Save the file to a name like
OL2KACCT.REG and put it in a safe place. Like the address list, this will
fit on a floppy for most people. To restore the account settings,
right-click the .REG file and select Merge.
 
No, it's not the same. That key holds other settings, but not the profile
information, which is in the Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem key.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Venger said:
Registry - HKU\id\Software\MS\Office\Outlook\OMI\Accounts at least
for OXP with POP3.
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That appears to be left over from Outlook 2000 IMO. For Outlook 2002,
profile information is if HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\profilename
 
Jon Erlandson said:
The following if for Outlook 2000 but I think it's the same for 2003
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That information is for Outlook 2000 in Internet Mail Only mode. It's not
the same for Outlook 2000 in C/W mode, nor is it the same for OL 2002/2003.
 
You're right I just added a test account and it didn't appear there. The 4
other accounts that were there must have been left from a previous outlook.
Now I find myself wondering if it is safe to delete that key...
 
Arthur said:
Where are account settings stored for Outlook 2002/2003 ?
As far as I know the are NOT part of the *.pst file

Arty
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Hi Arthur,
profiles settings stored in the registry
HKEY_Current_Uswer\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles
 
Andreas Roeder said:
profiles settings stored in the registry
HKEY_Current_Uswer\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles
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Make the slash between "Windows" and "NT a space and you've got it.
 
Where are account settings stored for Outlook 2002/2003 ?
As far as I know the are NOT part of the *.pst file
Click to expand...

Help with Outlook is available from
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.general.
 
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