PRF file creates backup of profile

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I bet it has to remove and recreate the Exchange account, rather than just replacing a setting. If that's the case, then the logic to remove the account would probably also take the signature with it.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

You're right, it doesn't create a backup profile when you have
"BackupProfile=No" in the prf. The problem is that when you apply the prf it
sets the signature back to <none>.

Yes, I finally got around to trying it, but it never creates a backup profile. Sorry, but I don't know what else to try.

I don't know what your exact scenario is, but have you looked at the ExprofRE tool? Maybe it would do what you need.

Did you get a chance to look at the file? Any comments or suggestions?

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Could you post the first five sections of the PRF file, munging the server name, of course? That will give us something to test with.

I suspect, though, that changing server may be treated by Outlook as a new account and thus would have no signature associated with it.

My intentions are to change the server name and the location of the archive
file.

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What change(s) does the PRF file make to the profile that it is appending to?


I am only "applying a prf" in the cmw which is says "Outlook applies profile
changes specified in your customized PRF file." I have no other settings in
the CMW. In the prf I set "OverwriteProfile=Append"

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You didn't say what your CMW file does exactly. If it creates a new profile, then what you're seeing is expected behavior. Signatures are tied to specific accounts in the current profile, so whenever you create a new profile it has no automatic signatures set up yet.

We are having the same problem with the signatures. I am using the cmw to
apply the prf and when I do the signature is set back to <None>. However,
the signature is still in the dropdown list. Is there some way to have the
signature left selected instead of setting it back to <None>?

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Sorry, but you didn't really provide any details on what's happening with the signature.


that worked regarding the backup profile.
Regarding the issue with the signature not being selected is there any
solution to that?

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Modify the [General] section of the PRF file to add/modify the BackupProfile parameter:

BackupProfile= No

FYI, this is a tip from my forthcoming book, "Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003," ISBN 1555583261.



i try to modify the default profile to the new exchange server. Each time i
run the prf file, it creates a backup of the old profile. The user is loosing
the signature.

Is there a way to just modify the name of the exchange server and leave the
other settings intact?

 

[springdaddy]

I need some help changing a signature. Is any body out there that can help me?

that worked regarding the backup profile.
Regarding the issue with the signature not being selected is there any
solution to that?

Modify the [General] section of the PRF file to add/modify the BackupProfile parameter:

BackupProfile= No

FYI, this is a tip from my forthcoming book, "Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003," ISBN 1555583261.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

i try to modify the default profile to the new exchange server. Each time i
run the prf file, it creates a backup of the old profile. The user is loosing
the signature.

Is there a way to just modify the name of the exchange server and leave the
other settings intact?

 

[springdaddy]

I have tried to change my signature and I am having a difficult time. I have
followed the steps in the help section, but it is not working. It is not
letting me get into the signature to change it. Can you help me?

Modify the [General] section of the PRF file to add/modify the BackupProfile parameter:

BackupProfile= No

FYI, this is a tip from my forthcoming book, "Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003," ISBN 1555583261.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

i try to modify the default profile to the new exchange server. Each time i
run the prf file, it creates a backup of the old profile. The user is loosing
the signature.

Is there a way to just modify the name of the exchange server and leave the
other settings intact?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

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reading.

After furious head scratching, springdaddy asked:

| I need some help changing a signature. Is any body out there that can
| help me?
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| "Louis" wrote:
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|| that worked regarding the backup profile.
|| Regarding the issue with the signature not being selected is there
|| any solution to that?
||
|| "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
||
||| Modify the [General] section of the PRF file to add/modify the
||| BackupProfile parameter:
|||
||| BackupProfile= No
|||
||| FYI, this is a tip from my forthcoming book, "Configuring Microsoft
||| Outlook 2003," ISBN 1555583261.
|||
||| --
||| Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
||| Author of
||| Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
||| Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
|||
|||
|||
|||
|||| i try to modify the default profile to the new exchange server.
|||| Each time i run the prf file, it creates a backup of the old
|||| profile. The user is loosing the signature.
||||
|||| Is there a way to just modify the name of the exchange server and
|||| leave the other settings intact?