Copying A Folder and it's contents to a network share automaticall

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I have a person who wants his "My Documents" folder to be copied to a network
share everytime he shuts down his computer. He also wants his PST file
copied up to the network share everytime he shuts down.
This seems like it should be easy, but I'm having a hard time figuring out
the best way to do this.
Does anyone have suggestions, or could someone point me to an article, or KB
paper on the best way to do this?
Thanks for your help.
 
TomJerzey said:
I have a person who wants his "My Documents" folder to be copied to a
network
share everytime he shuts down his computer. He also wants his PST
file copied up to the network share everytime he shuts down.
This seems like it should be easy, but I'm having a hard time figuring
out the best way to do this.
Does anyone have suggestions, or could someone point me to an article,
or KB paper on the best way to do this?
Thanks for your help.
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I'm sure you can do this with a script, but if you want a really nice
gui and a simple way to do it, look at SecondCopy from
www.centered.com. I'm not associated with them in any way. I use their
program for lots of clients - it is inexpensive and scalable - and I've
been very pleased with the program over the years.

Malke
 
TomJerzey said:
I have a person who wants his "My Documents" folder to be copied to a network
share everytime he shuts down his computer. He also wants his PST file
copied up to the network share everytime he shuts down.
This seems like it should be easy, but I'm having a hard time figuring out
the best way to do this.
Does anyone have suggestions, or could someone point me to an article, or KB
paper on the best way to do this?
Thanks for your help.
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Is this a laptop? If not you can move pst file and My Documents to the
network drive. Then there is no need to copy them.


gls858
 
gls858 said:
Is this a laptop? If not you can move pst file and My Documents to the
network drive. Then there is no need to copy them.
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IIRC, Microsoft recommends you *not* put a .pst file on a network drive.
It would be best to check in the Outlook newsgroups for an expert
answer though. Backing up the .pst file to a network drive is fine,
just not trying to run Outlook with the .pst file located there. In a
business situation (and if the computer is a laptop), you would want to
save all documents/data to a network drive on a server anyway. Unless
it is a laptop, saving anything locally means stuff is probably not
going to get backed up.

Malke
 
Malke said:
IIRC, Microsoft recommends you *not* put a .pst file on a network drive.
It would be best to check in the Outlook newsgroups for an expert
answer though. Backing up the .pst file to a network drive is fine,
just not trying to run Outlook with the .pst file located there. In a
business situation (and if the computer is a laptop), you would want to
save all documents/data to a network drive on a server anyway. Unless
it is a laptop, saving anything locally means stuff is probably not
going to get backed up.

Malke
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My situation may be a bit different. We have a home directory folder set up
for each user. This home directory is located on our Domain controller. We
have a script that maps that folder to each user. We then move the My doc
folder and the .pst to this folder. We've been running this way for a long
time(years)without problems.

gls858
 
Malke said:
gls858 wrote:


IIRC, Microsoft recommends you *not* put a .pst file on a network
drive.
It would be best to check in the Outlook newsgroups for an expert
answer though. Backing up the .pst file to a network drive is fine,
just not trying to run Outlook with the .pst file located there. In
a
business situation (and if the computer is a laptop), you would want
to
save all documents/data to a network drive on a server anyway.
Unless
it is a laptop, saving anything locally means stuff is probably not
going to get backed up.
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For a long time (2+ years) before we got the performance disproving
DataProtector I had my .pst file on a server without any problem.

Brian
 
bxb7668 said:
For a long time (2+ years) before we got the performance disproving
DataProtector I had my .pst file on a server without any problem.

Brian
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Hey, I'm just repeating what I've been told. I don't use Outlook so
don't pretend to be an expert in it. If you've had good experiences,
then great. I still think Outlook questions would be best directed to
the Outlook experts in those newsgroups, not here.

Malke
 
Pst have always worked fine for me on network drives. Why not redirect My Docs to the network drive. Then it all happens automatically.
 
Malke said:
Hey, I'm just repeating what I've been told. I don't use Outlook so
don't pretend to be an expert in it. If you've had good experiences,
then great. I still think Outlook questions would be best directed
to
the Outlook experts in those newsgroups, not here.
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Peace. I wasn't criticizing, just sharing my experience. We're told
here that it is a bad thing to put them on a server. I just did it
anyway. I don't anymore and my performance is a little bit faster and
more reliable.

Brian
 
In Malke had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Hey, I'm just repeating what I've been told. I don't use Outlook so
don't pretend to be an expert in it. If you've had good experiences,
then great. I still think Outlook questions would be best directed to
the Outlook experts in those newsgroups, not here.

Malke
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I'm - by NO means - a Outlook guru. They, in the Outlook newsgroups do
indeed suggest that you not do this IIRC as well. I am not 100% certain but
I believe it had something to do with users who use some of the more
advanced features and that it was "okay" (but still not recommended) for
those who use just the basics. Mirroring a back-up copy to a networked drive
wouldn't be a bad idea but running off of it was considered a no-no without
an Exchange server and then the whole ball game changed far beyond my level
of understanding. Additionally I can't even begin to fathom the depths of
security issues involved in this. I'd pose the question in a more dedicated
newsgroup to get the answers from the folks who are more adept at Outlook
than I or, well, Malke are. I do use Outlook, Outlook Express, and sometimes
even Thunderbird but, by no means should be mistaken as authoritative on the
subject so asking in a more specific group would likely serve your needs
best.

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declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
 
Galen said:
In Malke had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:


I'm - by NO means - a Outlook guru. They, in the Outlook newsgroups do
indeed suggest that you not do this IIRC as well. I am not 100%
certain but I believe it had something to do with users who use some
of the more advanced features and that it was "okay" (but still not
recommended) for those who use just the basics. Mirroring a back-up
copy to a networked drive wouldn't be a bad idea but running off of it
was considered a no-no without an Exchange server and then the whole
ball game changed far beyond my level of understanding. Additionally I
can't even begin to fathom the depths of security issues involved in
this. I'd pose the question in a more dedicated newsgroup to get the
answers from the folks who are more adept at Outlook than I or, well,
Malke are. I do use Outlook, Outlook Express, and sometimes even
Thunderbird but, by no means should be mistaken as authoritative on
the subject so asking in a more specific group would likely serve your
needs best.
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Well said. I know how to set up Outlook and OE for clients, but I use
T-bird for mail and not on Windows. Good point about the Exchange
server; that's the only way I've heard about that is supported for
sharing Outlook. That doesn't invalidate anyone else's experience; it
just means that if the experts say "don't" there must be a reason.
Since Outlook (and OE for that matter) keeps everything in a database
and databases in general are subject to corruption, it probably has
something to do with that. And I know for a fact that Outlook's and
OE's databases often become corrupted, delicate little things that they
are. ;-)

Malke
 
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