XCLN: Newprof Can Tell New Profiles to Deliver Mail to PST

 Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
Article ID: Q149852
The Information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Exchange Windows 3.x client, versions 4.0 and 5.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client, versions 4.0 and 5.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client, versions 4.0 and 5.0

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.

MORE INFORMATION

In order to set a local PST file as the default delivery location for a profile, follow the steps below:

  1. Edit the Default.prf file on the client installation share point.
2. Search for the [Service List] section which lists all the services to be 
   added to the profile.
3. 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 Server

  • In the Default.prf file, search for the [General] section. Make sure the 
       following line is present in the [General] section:

      DefaultStore= Service2

  • Add 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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    Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
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