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Does anyone have a script that can migrate a profile for outlook from one PC to another? (move and reinstall PST, PAB, sig files, settings...)I know there are stuff one can buy, but I'm not allowed to do that. I also can't use freeware. I can write a script, or <wink> get a script that can be compiled....any help would be great.

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Maybe you could just

+export the office-entries

+export "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles"

+read through these registry-entries and copy every file that has *.pst/*.ost as suffix

+copy local files in Profile?

Good luck.

Would be a nice-to-have, too. :P

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Below CodeBox can be saved as UserName_Setup.PRF...The only thing critical with the file name is it has the extension of *.PRF.

You can find out quite a bit of info online by searching on "Outlook.Prf."

; Sample PRF file for creating Outlook profiles in Corporate or Workgroup configuration
; -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Copyright (C), Microsoft Corporation, 1997-1999.
;
; The following PRF file is included as an example of how to create a PRF file that will
; configure a profile with the following services: Microsoft Exchange Server, Outlook
; Address Book, Personal Folders, and Internet E-mail (POP3).  Sections 1 through 5 may 
; be modified; DO NOT MODIFY SECTIONS 6 and 7.  It will most likely prevent the profile
; from being properly created Be very careful when editing to ensure property values
; match their property types.

; Note that sections 2 and 3 are similar. Section 2 determines the kind and number
; of MAPI services, while section 3 determines the number of accounts. Sections 4 and
; 5 are also similar. Section 4 determines specific settings for each MAPI service,
; while section 5 determines specific settings for Internet Accounts. Finally, sections
; 6 and 7 are also similar; they display the possible settings for MAPI services and
; Internet Accounts, respectively.


; ************************************************************************
; Section 1 - Profile defaults.
; ************************************************************************

[General]
Custom=1
; -- Required.  Indicates that this is a customized PRF file.
ProfileName=<<UserName>>>
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Yes
DefaultStore=Service2

; ************************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in profile.
; ************************************************************************
; The list of MAPI services that will be added to the profile.

[Service List]
Service1=Microsoft Outlook Client
Service2=Microsoft Exchange Server
Service3=Outlook Address Book
Service4=Personal Folders
Service5=Internet E-mail
; If you add an Internet E-mail service, you also have to add an Account in
; section 3.

; ************************************************************************
; Section 3 - List of internet accounts.
;*******************************************************************
; The list of accounts that will be created.

[Internet Account List]
Account1=I_Mail

; ************************************************************************
; Section 4 - Default values for each service.
; ************************************************************************

[Service1]
;   No settings configured.

[Service2]
ConversionProhibited=TRUE
HomeServer=<Exchange Server>
;      Required.
;   --  The name of the Microsoft Exchange Server the user should
;   connect to.  You can specify any Microsoft Exchange Server
;   in your site, and the correct Home Server will be assigned 
;   when the user first logs on.

[Service3]
Ben=TRUE
;   --  Dummy property.  Do not delete or modify.

[Service4]
PathToPersonalFolders=<<Location of *.pst file>>
; The directories in the path to the personal folders must already exist

[Service5]
AccountName=PopAccount
' The AccountName has to match the Account name in Section 5.
LongAccountName=Internet E-mail - PopAccount
; The LongAccountName always has to be "Internet E-mail -" + <space> + AccountName

; ************************************************************************
; Section 5 - Values for each internet account.
; *******************************************************************
; The settings for each account that will be created. The available
; account settings are listed in Section 3, below.

[Account1]
; This is an example of a POP3 account
AccountName=PopAccount
ConnectionType=1
POP3Server=MyPOPServer
SMTPDisplayName=Someone
SMTPEmailAddress=<<someone@microsoft.com>>
SMTPOrgName=Personal
SMTPServer=MySMTPServer

; ************************************************************************
; Section 6 - Mapping for profile properties.  DO NOT MODIFY.
; ************************************************************************

; ************************************************************************
; Outlook settings stored in the profile
[Microsoft Outlook Client]
SectionGUID=0a0d020000000000c000000000000046

FormDirectoryPage=PT_STRING8,0x0270
;   -- The URL of Exchange Web Services Form Directory page used to
;   create Web forms.

WebServicesLocation=PT_STRING8,0x0271
;   -- The URL of Exchange Web Services page used to display
;   unknown forms.

ComposeWithWebServices=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0272
;   -- Set to TRUE to use Exchange Web Services to compose forms.

PromptWhenUsingWebServices=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0273
;   -- Set to TRUE to use Exchange Web Services to display unknown
;   forms.

OpenWithWebServices=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0274
;   -- Set to TRUE to prompt user before opening unknown forms when
;   using Exchange Web Services.

; ************************************************************************
; Microsoft Exchange Server service definitions.
[Microsoft Exchange Server]
ServiceName=MSEMS
MDBGUID=5494A1C0297F101BA58708002B2A2517

MailboxName=PT_STRING8,0x6607
;   -- The name of the user's Exchange Server Mailbox

HomeServer=PT_STRING8,0x6608
;   -- The name of the Microsoft Exchange Server the user should
;   connect to.  You can specify any Microsoft Exchange Server
;   in your site, and the correct Home Server will be assigned 
;   when the user first logs on.

OfflineFolderPath=PT_STRING8,0x6610
;      -- The path to the Offline Store File that contains
;      local replicas of the user's Mailbox and Favorites.
;      If you do not specify a value, no Offline Store will
;      be created.  If you specify a path, an Offline Store
;      will be created and the Inbox, Outbox, Deleted Items,
;      and Sent Items folders will be replicated to it.

OfflineAddressBookPath=PT_STRING8,0x660E
;   -- The path to the directory to store offline address
;   book files in.

ExchangeConfigFlags=PT_LONG,0x6601
;      -- Behavior when connecting to the Exchange Server.
;   32 - Auto detect online/offline connection state (default)
;   48 - Always connect online
;   50 - Prompt user for online or offline connection

ConversionProhibited=PT_BOOLEAN,0x3A03
;      -- A boolean value indicating whether NEWPROF should
;      attempt to resolve the Exchange mailbox name at run time. 
;      If set to TRUE, NEWPROF will copy the name to the profile
;      without resolving it.
;      If FALSE, the name will be resolved. Invalid server or 
;      mailbox name will not be copied to the profile.

; ************************************************************************
; Microsoft Mail service definitions.
[Microsoft Mail]
ServiceName=MSFS

ServerPath=PT_STRING8,0x6600
;     --  The path to the users post office.  Mapped network drives, UNC and NETWARE paths
;         are acceptable.  NETWARE paths of the type NWServer/share:dir\dir1 are converted to 
;         UNC paths of the type \\NWServer\share\dir\dir1. 

Mailbox=PT_STRING8,0x6601
;     --  The users mailbox name.  eg. in a NET/PO/USER address,
;         this is USER.  The maximum mailbox name is 10 characters.

Password=PT_STRING8,0x67f0
;     --  The users mailbox password.  The maximum password is 8 characters.

RememberPassword=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6606
;     --  A boolean value indicating whether the users password is
;         to be remembered in the profile or not.  This is useful because
;         if the password is remembered the user can bypass the logon prompt
;         if his server path, mailbox name and password are all supplied.

ConnectionType=PT_LONG,0x6603
;     --  The connection type.  This may be one of CFG_CONN_AUTO, CFG_CONN_LAN,
;         CFG_CONN_REMOTE, CFG_CONN_OFFLINE as defined below.
;
;         0x0        --  LAN type connection.  Used to connect to the post office using a
;                         UNC path or pre-existing mapped drive.
;         0x1        --  Dial up connection using Dial-up Networking.
;         0x2        --  Not connected.
;         0x3        --  Automatically detect whether the connection type is LAN or REMOTE.
;                         This connection type is only available on Win95.

UseSessionLog=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6604
;     --  A boolean value indicating whether session logging
;         is on or off.

SessionLogPath=PT_STRING8,0x6605
;     --  The path to the session log file.

EnableUpload=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6620
;     --  A boolean value which indicates whether mail in the outbox
;         is sent.

EnableDownload=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6621
;     --  A boolean value which indicates whether mail in the server
;         mailbag is downloaded.

UploadMask=PT_LONG,0x6622
;     --  A bit array which allows the user to indicate which addresses
;         for which the transport is to attempt delivery.  This is useful
;         in order to allow a user to specify that a transport only handle
;         delivery for a subset of the addresses it can really process.
;         When multiple transports are installed and the user wants a
;         different transport to handle some specific address types they
;         can use this bit array to specify that the MSMAIL transport
;         only handle a specific set of addresses.
;
;         Possible values as defined below include:
;
;         0x00000001      --  Local Post Office and External Post Office address types
;         0x00000002      --  PROFS address types
;         0x00000004      --  SNADS address types
;         0x00000008      --  MCI address types
;         0x00000010      --  X.400 address types
;         0x00000040      --  FAX address types
;         0x00000080      --  MHS address types
;         0x00000100      --  SMTP address types
;         0x00000800      --  OfficeVision address types
;         0x00001000      --  MacMail address types
;         0x000019df      --  All of the above address types

NetBiosNotification=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6623
;     --  A boolean value which indicates whether a netbios notification
;         is sent to a recipients transport when mail is delivered to
;         their server inbox.

NewMailPollInterval=PT_STRING8,0x6624
;     --  The polling interval in minutes when the transport
;         checks for new mail.  1 <= polling interval <= 9999

DisplayGalOnly=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6625
;     --  A boolean value which, if TRUE, only displays the Microsoft Mail Global Address
;         list for name selection.  The Postoffice list, external post office lists, and gateway
;         address lists are not shown.

UseHeadersOnLAN=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6630
;     --  A boolean value which indicates whether the user wants to enable
;         headers while working on the LAN.  Headers mode allows the user
;         to download message headers and selectively choose which mail
;         to download.

UseLocalAdressBookOnLAN=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6631
;     --  A boolean value which indicates whether the user wants to use
;         name resolution based on a local copy of the server address book
;         rather than the server address book itself.

UseExternalToHelpDeliverOnLAN=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6632
;     --  A boolean value which indicates whether EXTERNAL.EXE, a server process, should be used
;         to deliver submitted mail messages.  This is sometimes useful when mail is running 
;         on a slow LAN connection.

UseHeadersOnRAS=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6640
;     --  A boolean value which indicates whether the user wants to enable
;         headers while working over a slow speed link.  Headers mode
;         allows the user to download message headers and selectively
;         choose which mail to download.

UseLocalAdressBookOnRAS=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6641
;     --  A boolean value which indicates whether the user wants to use
;         name resolution based on a local copy of the server address book
;         rather than the server address book itself.

UseExternalToHelpDeliverOnRAS=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6639
;     --  A boolean value which indicates whether EXTERNAL.EXE, a server process, should be used
;         to deliver submitted mail messages.  This speeds up message delivery when mail is
;         running on a Dial-up network connection.

Connectonstartup=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6642
;     --  A boolean value which indicates that a Dial-up Network connection should
;         be established when the transport provider starts up.

DisconnectAfterRetrieveHeaders=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6643
;     --  A boolean value which indicates that a Dial-up Network connection should
;         be automatically terminated when headers are finished downloading.

DisconnectAfterRetrieveMail=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6644
;     --  A boolean value which indicates that a Dial-up Network connection should
;         be automatically terminated after mail has finished being sent
;         received.

DisconnectOnExit=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6645
;     --  A boolean value which indicates that a Dial-up Network connection should
;         be automatically terminated when the provider is exited.

DefaultDialupConnectionName=PT_STRING8,0x6646
;     --  The name of the Dial-up Network profile that the transport will use by
;         default to attempt the connection.

DialupRetryCount=PT_STRING8,0x6648
;     --  Number of times to attempt dial for connection.
;         1 <= retry attempts <= 9999

DialupRetryDelay=PT_STRING8,0x6649
;     --  Delay between retry attempts in seconds.
;         30 <= retry delay <= 9999

; ************************************************************************
; Personal Folders service definitions.

[Personal Folders]
ServiceName=MSPST MS

PathToPersonalFolders=PT_STRING8,0x6700 
;     --  Path to personal folders.

RememberPassword=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6701
;     --  A boolean value that determines if the personal folders password
;         should be cached.

EncryptionType=PT_LONG,0x6702
;     --  A value that designates the type of encryption that is used to
;         compress the data in the PST:
;
;         No Encryption           0x80000000
;         Compressable Encryption   0x40000000
;         Best Encryption           0x20000000

Password=PT_STRING8,0x6703
;     --  PST password.

; ************************************************************************
; Outlook Address Book service definitions.

[Outlook Address Book]
ServiceName=CONTAB
Ben=PT_STRING8,0x6700
;     --  Dummy property.  Do not modify.

; ************************************************************************
; Microsoft LDAP Directory service definitions.
[Microsoft LDAP Directory]
ServiceName=EMABLT

LDAPServer=PT_STRING8,0x6600
;   -- This is the IP address or host name of the machine containing
;   the LDAP server.

LDAPServerPort=PT_STRING8,0x6601
;   -- The port number that the LDAP server is listening on.

UserName=PT_STRING8,0x6602
;   -- Enter the user's name. This value is not required if you allow
;   anonymous binds.

SearchBase=PT_STRING8,0x6603
;   -- The Search Base (e.g. o=microsoft, c=US).

SearchFilter=PT_STRING8,0x6604
;   -- The Search Filter in RFC1777 format with %s allowed as a
;   substitution token for the name to be searched for. For example,
;   (|(cn=*%s*)(sn=*%s*)) can be used to perform a search on common name
;   or surname.

MAPIAddressType=PT_STRING8,0x6605
;   -- The address type to be used by MAPI in message submission. For
;   example, SMTP.

EMailAttribute=PT_STRING8,0x6606
;   -- The E-Mail Attribute (e.g. mail, mhsOrAddresses or
;   rfc822Mailbox), which is mapped to the MAPI PR_EMAIL_ADDRESS property.

LDAPTimeLimit=PT_STRING8,0x6607
;   -- LDAP Time Limit for searching (in seconds). The maximum length of
;   time to search the directory. A value of 0 means that the search will
;   not be limited by time. Note that this will not necessarily supersede
;   any system-wide limits defined on the server.

LDAPSizeLimit=PT_STRING8,0x6608
;   -- LDAP Size limit for searching (in number of 'hits'). The maximum
;   number of matches to return. A value of 0 means that there is no
;   limit to the number of matches. Note that this will not necessarily
;   supersede any system-wide limits defined on the server.

LDAPTimeLimitLowBand=PT_STRING8,0x6609
;   -- Same as LDAP Time Limit, except for low bandwidth links.

LDAPSizeLimitLowBand=PT_STRING8,0x660a
;   -- Same as LDAP Size Limit, except for low bandwidth links.

LogFilePath=PT_STRING8,0x660b
;   -- Log File (full pathname).

ErrorLogging=PT_STRING8,0x660c
;   -- Error Logging Levels , ON or OFF.

DisplayNameSource=PT_STRING8,0x6611
;   -- Attribute to be used within the Internet Directory entry for
;   populating the user Display Name.

DisplayFailDialog=PT_STRING8,0x6612
;   -- Attribute to determine if a dialog will be displayed when a search
;   to the Internet Directory fails. The dialog will display additional
;   information. Values can be either 1 (display) or 0 (do not display).

[Internet E-Mail]
; If you configure an Internet E-mail service, then you also need to add
; information in section 5.

ServiceName=IMAIL
; When creating an Internet E-Mail service, both AccountName and
; LongAccountName MUST BE specified!

AccountName=PT_STRING8,0x661f
; This should be exactly the same as the I_Mail AccountName
; property.

LongAccountName=PT_STRING8,0x3001
; This should be the "Internet E-mail - " + the AccountName
; property. For example, if AccountName="foo", then this
; should be "Internet E-mail - foo".

; ************************************************************************
; Section 7 - Mapping for internet account properties.  DO NOT MODIFY.
; ************************************************************************

; Internet E-Mail service Settings/Definitions
; In a Corporate or Workgroup configuration, the only type of account that
; can be created is an I_MAIL (POP3) account. You can use settings from 
; the [I_Mail] section below.
; 

[I_Mail]
; *****************************
; *** Mail Account Settings ***
; *****************************
; Configurable settings for POP3 (Corporate and Intenet Only configs)
; and IMAP (Internet Only config only) mail accounts

AccountName=PT_STRING8,0x1235
; The name of the account that appears in the Account List.

ConnectionType=PT_DWORD,0x1239
; Values:
; 0 = Connect using local area network (LAN).
; 1 = Connect using Internet Explorer's or a 3rd party dialer.
; 2 = Connect using modem and the Dial-up Networking connection
;      specified in the Connectoid property.

Connectoid=PT_STRING8,0x123A
; Specify the existing Dial-up Networking connection to use.

; -----------------------------
; --- POP3 Account Settings ---
; -----------------------------

POP3Server=PT_STRING8,0x13C4
; Specifies the name of the POP3 server used for incoming messages.

POP3UseSicily=PT_BOOLEAN,0x13C8
; Set to 1 if you want to use Secure Password Authentication to logon
; to the POP3 server.

POP3LogonName=PT_STRING8,0x13C5
; If POP3UseSicily is turned on, this sets the name used to logon
; to the POP3 server.

POP3Port=PT_DWORD,0x13C9
; Specfies the port number used to connect to the POP3 server.

POP3SSL=PT_BOOLEAN,0x13CA
; Set to 1 to use the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) security protocal to
; connect to the POP3 server.

POP3TimeOut=PT_DWORD,0x13CB
; Specifies how long to wait for a response for the server before
; stopping to attempt to send or receive messages. Possible values:
; 30 = 30 seconds
; 60 = 1 minute
; 90 = 1 minute 30 seconds
; 120 = 2 minutes
; 150 = 2 minutes 30 seconds
; 180 = 3 minutes
; 210 = 3 minutes 30 seconds
; 240 = 4 minutes
; 270 = 4 minutes 30 seconds
; 300 = 5 minutes

POP3LeaveOnServer=PT_BOOLEAN,0x13CC
; Set to 1 to store a copy of all sent and received messages on the
; POP3 server.

POP3RemoveExpired=PT_BOOLEAN,0x13CE
; If POP3LeaveOnServer is turned on, set to 1 to delete messages on
; the server after a specific number of days (see also
; POP3ExpireDays).

POP3ExpireDays=PT_DWORD,0x13CF
; If POP3LeaveOnServer and POP3RemoveExpired are turned on, sets
; the number of days after which messages left on the server will
; be deleted.

POP3RemoveDeleted=PT_BOOLEAN,0x13CD
; This property is only supported on Outlook 98 (8.5)or higher! If
; you try to use it on Outlook 97 (8.0x) the account will not be
; created.
; If POP3LeaveOnServer is turned on, set to 1 to delete a message
; from the server when the message is deleted from the Deleted
; Items folder on the local machine.

; -----------------------------
; --- SMTP Account Settings ---
; -----------------------------

SMTPServer=PT_STRING8,0x1428
; Specifies the name of the SMTP server used for outcoming messages.

SMTPUseSicily=PT_DWORD,0x142C
; Values:
; 0 = No server authentication required.
; 1 = Use Secure Password Authentication, or set SMTP server logon
;      name using SMTPLogonName.

SMTPLogonName=PT_STRING8,0x1429
; If SMTPUseSicily is set to 1, this sets the name used to logon to
; the SMTP server.

SMTPPort=PT_DWORD,0x142D
; Specfies the port number used to connect to the SMTP server.

SMTPSSL=PT_BOOLEAN,0x142E
; Set to 1 to use the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) security protocal to
; connect to the SMTP server.

SMTPTimeOut=PT_DWORD,0x142F
; Specifies how long to wait for a response for the server before
; stopping to attempt to send or receive mail messages. Values are
;  the same as POP3TimeOut.

SMTPDisplayName=PT_STRING8,0x1430
; Specifies the "friendly" name associated with the email address.

SMTPOrgName=PT_STRING8,0x1431
; Specifies the group or organization.

SMTPEmailAddress=PT_STRING8,0x1432
; Specifies the email address. Must be in the format name@company

SMTPReplyAddress=PT_STRING8,0x1433
; Specifies that replies to outgoing email should be sent to this
; email address.

SMTPSplitMessages=PT_BOOLEAN,0x1434
; This property is only supported on Outlook 98 (8.5) or higher! If
; you try to use it on Outlook 97 (8.0x) the account will not be
; created.
; Set to 1 to break up outgoing messages, so that each message is
; smaller than the file size indicated by SMTPSplitSize.

SMTPSplitSize=PT_DWORD,0x1435
; The maximum size, in KB, of a piece of a split message.
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Simple FileCopy(), DriveMapAdd(), and DriveMapGet() will allow you create a network connection to the destination PC and copy the *.PST and *.PAB files from the old {source} PC.

Afterwards, the User can log into the destination PC and click the UserName_Setup.PRF file and script install their Outlook Profile.

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