Outlook - default pointer to PST files
Outlook 2003
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At our company most of our users have multiple pst files...usually 1 pst for each client the user works with...
Some users have 30 or more individual pst files...
Those files are kept in a variety of places...some of them on one or more servers, some in the default location in the
users profile, some on the local D: drive...
When building new machines for these users...it can be "perplexing" to find all the pst files and remap them on the new computer...
Does Outlook have any file that will can be transferred from the old Outlook to the new Outlook that
will automatically map the locations of these pst files when Outlook is opened up for the first time...
Example...we always grab the NK2 files and put them into the new install of Outlook...now the user has their "autofill" for "Send To" email address...
Hope this makes sense...
Thanx
Steve
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At our company most of our users have multiple pst files...usually 1 pst for each client the user works with...
Some users have 30 or more individual pst files...
Those files are kept in a variety of places...some of them on one or more servers, some in the default location in the
users profile, some on the local D: drive...
When building new machines for these users...it can be "perplexing" to find all the pst files and remap them on the new computer...
Does Outlook have any file that will can be transferred from the old Outlook to the new Outlook that
will automatically map the locations of these pst files when Outlook is opened up for the first time...
Example...we always grab the NK2 files and put them into the new install of Outlook...now the user has their "autofill" for "Send To" email address...
Hope this makes sense...
Thanx
Steve
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Meintsi...
I certainly can't argue your point...makes sense...but then these are users, not computer people...
One file would make it very, very easy to manage...but I have to deal with what I have...
I certainly can't argue your point...makes sense...but then these are users, not computer people...
One file would make it very, very easy to manage...but I have to deal with what I have...
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Well...I have searched and searched and can find nothing to do what I want...
Dead Night's idea gets me part of the way...put really doesn;t address my pst issue...
I need to close this post out and award the points...I'm gonna split the points more or less
on...heck, I don't know...
Hope this is ok with everyone...
Thanks for you input
Steve
Dead Night's idea gets me part of the way...put really doesn;t address my pst issue...
I need to close this post out and award the points...I'm gonna split the points more or less
on...heck, I don't know...
Hope this is ok with everyone...
Thanks for you input
Steve
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DeadNight...looking at the wizard...right now it looks like it will do most everything except recognize where my pst files are located...but I hope to set up a test tomorrow and examine it further...
IPKON...most of these are laptops, the guys travel, sometimes they can VPN back to our network, often times they cannot...so they carry everything they need on their laptops until they can sync up again...sometimes that';s several days...occasionally longer...so, while public folders has some merits, wont work in this situation...
Thanx for the ideas...
Will report back my results...
Steve