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How to change default profile name when using Exchange
We have Win2003 SBS and we're running Exchange. We've added a PC with two users, one login.
We have set up two Outlook 2003 profiles and requested a prompt so that the user can select their own profile when Outlook opens.
However, we cannot seem to change the Default Profile Name.
How can we change it to something intuitive (like the user's name)?
We have set up two Outlook 2003 profiles and requested a prompt so that the user can select their own profile when Outlook opens.
However, we cannot seem to change the Default Profile Name.
How can we change it to something intuitive (like the user's name)?
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you might want to copy the profile with the "default profile name", rename it to whoever's using it, test, then remove the "default"...
also if you dare:
http://www.technotes.co.uk
depending on how much data we're talking about (if one profile has a lot of PSTs attached or just has a large mailbox), you may want to consider the copy profile method if you're not comfortable in the registry...
http://www.technotes.co.uk
depending on how much data we're talking about (if one profile has a lot of PSTs attached or just has a large mailbox), you may want to consider the copy profile method if you're not comfortable in the registry...
The easiest and quickest way I fell would be to remove the Default Profile and Create a new one.
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Embarrassing, the client suggested delete and re-add. Thanks.
Step 1: Close Outlook (confirm in task manager that all instances of Outlook.exe are gone!!!)
Step 2: Start -> Regedit
Step 3: Browse to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
\SOFTWARE
\MICROSOFT
|WINDOWS NT
\CURRENTVERSION
\WINDOWS MESSAGING SUBSYSTEM
\PROFILES
Step 4: Find the key for DefaultProfile, change the entry for that key to whatever you want the new profile to be called.
Step 5: Below \Profiles folder that you are in now,there should be a subfolder with the name of your current profile, rename this subfolder to be the same name of what you changed the key of DefaultProfile to be.
Step 6: Start Outlook.
Step 2: Start -> Regedit
Step 3: Browse to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
\SOFTWARE
\MICROSOFT
|WINDOWS NT
\CURRENTVERSION
\WINDOWS MESSAGING SUBSYSTEM
\PROFILES
Step 4: Find the key for DefaultProfile, change the entry for that key to whatever you want the new profile to be called.
Step 5: Below \Profiles folder that you are in now,there should be a subfolder with the name of your current profile, rename this subfolder to be the same name of what you changed the key of DefaultProfile to be.
Step 6: Start Outlook.
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