Where does Outlook 07 store POP3 email account info

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Tim L. Pearson

Outlook 03 stored email account information in the registry. I have made
two different installations of Outlook 07--one as an upgrade from Outlook 03
on an XP system and one as a new installation on a Vista RTM installation.
The upgrade migrated the account to 07 and took the account information out
of the registry. When I add a new account in the new installation, the
information isn't stored in the registry. I imagine it's in an XML file
somewhere, but I've looked at both in the Local and Roaming directories.
Anyone know where is resides?

Thanks!
-tim
 
Outlook 2007 stores account information in exactly the same place in the registry as Outlook 2003. You are looking under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles, right?

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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
 
Thanks Sue for responding so quickly. Actually, I was referring to the
information stored in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\OMI Account
Manager\Accounts. That is the area of the registry that disappears with
Outlook 2007.

Let me explain why I am asking this question, and maybe you'll know how to
solve my problem or point me in a direction that I can find a solution.

I use MSN as one of my email accounts. Maybe I'm a little "old-school", but
I'm not really fond of HTTP email servers. MSN still sort of supports POP3
using SPA. When I attempt to add my MSN account/server information exactly
as it should be (works perfectly in OL03), it doesn't work in OL07.
However, when I took a working OL03 installation and upgrade it to OL07, the
account still works. What I was hoping to do is find where OL07 now stores
the account information so I can either copy it or replicate the data so
that I can just set up the account on a computer that I have cleanly
installed Office 2007, instead of having to uninstall 2007, install 2003,
then re-install 2007.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have.

-tim


Outlook 2007 stores account information in exactly the same place in the
registry as Outlook 2003. You are looking under
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging
Subsystem\Profiles, right?

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

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
That registry value actually goes back to Outlook 2000, IIRC. Outlook 2003 doesn't use it either, as far as I can tell. Outlook 2003 account information is in the registry key I gave earlier.
--
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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