Microsoft KB Archive/304511

= OL2000: How to Set Up an Outlook Profile to Have More Than One Personal Folder File =

Article ID: 304511

Article Last Modified on 5/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q304511



SUMMARY
This article describes how to automatically set up a user profile that includes more than one personal folder (.pst) file.



MORE INFORMATION
To create a MAPI profile that includes more than one .pst file, you can use Automatic Profile Generator (Newprof.exe) with a customized profile descriptor file (*.prf). In the .prf file (called Custom.prf), insert each .pst file as a separate service:  In the Service List, define two services called &quot;Personal Folders&quot;:

[Service List]

Service1=Microsoft Outlook Client

Service2=Personal Folders

Service3=Personal Folders

 In each section, define the individual settings of the .pst files, for example:

[Service2]

PathToPersonalFolders=C:\Test\Outlook1.pst

[Service3]

PathToPersonalFolders=C:\Test\Outlook2.pst

NOTE: Additional settings are:

 PathToPersonalFolders RememberPassword EncryptionType Password</ul>

</li> Name each .pst file so that you can distinguish between them in the Folder List. To define the name automatically, edit Custom.prf: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> Go to the Personal Folders definitions. They start with a header that is similar to the following:

;****************************************************************


 * Personal Folders service definitions.

[Personal Folders]

ServiceName=MSPST MS

</li> If a definition is not already present under the header, type a definition that is similar to the following:

AliasServiceName=PT_STRING8,0x3001


 * -- Name which will appear in the profile service list and in


 * Folder View.

</li> Use the variable for defining the names in each section for the services:

[Service2]

PathToPersonalFolders=C:\Test\Outlook1.pst

AliasServiceName=My Oldest Mails

[Service3]

PathToPersonalFolders=C:\Test\Outlook2.pst

AliasServiceName=My Second Folder

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