Article ID: 149852
Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Client 4.0
- Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0
- Microsoft Exchange Client 4.0
- Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0
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SUMMARY
The Microsoft Exchange Automatic Profile Generator (Newprof.exe) reads a Profile Descriptor File (.Prf) and creates a profile based on the information in this file.
This article describes the changes that need to be made to the Default.prf file, present in the client installation directory, in order to create a profile with the default delivery location set to a local PST file. If the Default.prf is not present in the client installation directory, run the Microsoft Exchange Setup Editor.
After the Default.prf file is modified with the changes outlined in this article, when users run the Microsoft Exchange Client Setup program, a profile will be automatically created for them and this profile will have a PST file which will be set as the default delivery store.
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In order to set a local PST file as the default delivery location for a profile, follow the steps below:
- Edit the Default.prf file on the client installation share point.
- Search for the [Service List] section which lists all the services to be added to the profile.
Look for an entry with the value Personal Folders. If it is present, note the entry name. For example if the entry was:
Service2 = Personal Folders
The entry name is Service2.If an entry with the value of Personal Folders is not present, add a new entry to the [Service List] section with Service2. If Service2 was already taken with another service, make sure to change that service to the next available service entry. So, if the Microsoft Exchange Server was Service2, modify Microsoft Exchange Server to the next available Service entry. For Example, if the last entry in the section has the name Service3, then the next available entry will be Service4. Add the following lines to the section:
Service2 = Personal Folders Service4 = Microsoft Exchange ServerIn the Default.prf file, search for the [General] section. Make sure the following line is present in the [General] section:
DefaultStore= Service2Add the following section:
[Service2] PathToPersonalFolders= c:\exchange\mailbox.pst RememberPassword=TRUE EncryptionType=0x40000000 Password=
After making the changes outlined above, the Default.prf in the client installation share point should have the following sections:
; ***********************************
; Section 1 - Profile defaults.
[General]
ProfileName=Delivery to Local PST
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Yes
DefaultStore=Service2
; *************************************
; *************************************
; *************************************
; Section 2 - Services and clients in profile.
[Service List]
Service1=Microsoft Exchange Client
Service2=Personal Folders
Service3=Personal Address Book
Service4=Microsoft Exchange Server
; *************************************
; *************************************
; *************************************
; Section 3 - Default values for each service and client.
[Service2]
PathToPersonalFolders=c:\exchange\mailbox.pst
RememberPassword=TRUE
EncryptionType=0x40000000
Password=
; *************************************
After the above changes have been made to the Default.prf file in the client installation directory, users will have to run the Microsoft Exchange Client Setup program for the profile to be automatically generated. This profile should have the file Exchange\Mailbox.pst set as the default delivery store.
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