Microsoft KB Archive/304511

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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:

1. In the Service List, define two services called "Personal Folders":

   [Service List]
   Service1=Microsoft Outlook Client
   Service2=Personal Folders
   Service3=Personal Folders

2. 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

   
   
   

3. Name each .pst file so that you can distinguish between them in the Folder List. To define the name automatically, edit Custom.prf:
   1. 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

   2. 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.

   3. 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

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

147352 XCLN: Creating Default User Profiles

148664 XCLN: Description of the Profile Descriptor File

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords: kbinfo KB304511

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