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Hi, we are in the middle of a huge migration from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange
2003 and we have to do a lot of "Move Mailbox". Very often, folder names in
Outlook XP change from French to English. I know that we can use the switch
/ResetFolderNames when starting Outlook or use a registry key to do the same
thing. Is there any problem with using the registry key and leaving it there
during the whole lenght of the migration. ex: +-6 months
Does this key / reset have any impact on anything else? Since we have 15
000 users, I need to cover all bases so we don't run into any bigger problems.

Thanks
 
What registry key are you referring to? THat's a new one to me.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
From the Microsoft Site:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188856/en-us
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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Setup]

"ResetFolderNames"=dword:00000001

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From other places on the web:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Setup]

"ResetFolderNames"=dword:00000001

I tried both and they work but I just wanted to make sure that nothing else
gets broken if I leave the key in. ex: The key is run each time Outlook is
run.


thx
 
Thanks, I've never heard of any ill effects. I wonder, though, that whether it applies will depend on the presence/value of the FirstRun key key as well.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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



Jeff Imbeault said:
From the Microsoft Site:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188856/en-us
-------------
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Setup]

"ResetFolderNames"=dword:00000001

-------------
From other places on the web:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Setup]

"ResetFolderNames"=dword:00000001

I tried both and they work but I just wanted to make sure that nothing else
gets broken if I leave the key in. ex: The key is run each time Outlook is
run.


thx



Sue Mosher said:
What registry key are you referring to? THat's a new one to me.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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

The reason I was asking this is I want to set the registry key on all
computers of the domain to "prevent" the renaming of the folder names in
Outlook XP for the whole lenght of the migration and remove it when the
migration is over. I just need to make sure that this key isn't linked to
any other feature in Outlook and break anything else. I haven't found
anything yet on the First-Run key. Any thing I should look out for?

Sue Mosher said:
Thanks, I've never heard of any ill effects. I wonder, though, that whether it applies will depend on the presence/value of the FirstRun key key as well.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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



Jeff Imbeault said:
From the Microsoft Site:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188856/en-us
-------------
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Setup]

"ResetFolderNames"=dword:00000001

-------------
From other places on the web:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Setup]

"ResetFolderNames"=dword:00000001

I tried both and they work but I just wanted to make sure that nothing else
gets broken if I leave the key in. ex: The key is run each time Outlook is
run.


thx



Sue Mosher said:
What registry key are you referring to? THat's a new one to me.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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



Hi, we are in the middle of a huge migration from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange
2003 and we have to do a lot of "Move Mailbox". Very often, folder names in
Outlook XP change from French to English. I know that we can use the switch
/ResetFolderNames when starting Outlook or use a registry key to do the same
thing. Is there any problem with using the registry key and leaving it there
during the whole lenght of the migration. ex: +-6 months
Does this key / reset have any impact on anything else? Since we have 15
000 users, I need to cover all bases so we don't run into any bigger problems.

Thanks
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Don't know. I've never tried using ResetFolderNames for that scenario. Might be worth a pilot.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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



Jeff Imbeault said:
Thanks

The reason I was asking this is I want to set the registry key on all
computers of the domain to "prevent" the renaming of the folder names in
Outlook XP for the whole lenght of the migration and remove it when the
migration is over. I just need to make sure that this key isn't linked to
any other feature in Outlook and break anything else. I haven't found
anything yet on the First-Run key. Any thing I should look out for?

Sue Mosher said:
Thanks, I've never heard of any ill effects. I wonder, though, that whether it applies will depend on the presence/value of the FirstRun key key as well.


Jeff Imbeault said:
From the Microsoft Site:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188856/en-us
-------------
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Setup]

"ResetFolderNames"=dword:00000001

-------------
From other places on the web:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Setup]

"ResetFolderNames"=dword:00000001

I tried both and they work but I just wanted to make sure that nothing else
gets broken if I leave the key in. ex: The key is run each time Outlook is
run.


thx



:

What registry key are you referring to? THat's a new one to me.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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



Hi, we are in the middle of a huge migration from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange
2003 and we have to do a lot of "Move Mailbox". Very often, folder names in
Outlook XP change from French to English. I know that we can use the switch
/ResetFolderNames when starting Outlook or use a registry key to do the same
thing. Is there any problem with using the registry key and leaving it there
during the whole lenght of the migration. ex: +-6 months
Does this key / reset have any impact on anything else? Since we have 15
000 users, I need to cover all bases so we don't run into any bigger problems.

Thanks
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