Outlook profile setup logon script help

[randle]

Hi

I'm using the below example script to apply an outlook profile at logon. It appears to do what I want however would like to be able to set this to run again for all users should I make a change to the prf file. I'm thinking of something along the lines of if a value in the script is incrememted, it will run again.

Can this be done and if so what do I need to add?

ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 5000 >NUL
IF EXIST h:\outlook_profile.txt goto end else
Outlook_Profile_Created > h:\outlook_profile.txt
attrib “h:\outlook_profile.txt” +h
“c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /importprf \\server\share\OutlookProfileSettings.PRF
:end

[darrenmcginnis]

Hi. I am only starting with Outlook configs etc. But why would you ping a server first?

Also, do you redirect the Application Data using Group Policy?

[randle]

The ping command is meant to be an invalid IP address, not a server and is intended to delay the execution of a script [Batch file examples - Wait].

I have a hybrid RM CC4/Vanilla network but all users are managed through RM usertype policies meaning there is a unique setup of appdata storage/roaming behaviour however it can be redirected through GPO regardless if you require.

[pcunite]

Another way, which I've found the be the easiest, is to use the Outlook Profiler tool. It's not free but saved my bacon when I had to make some crazy changes across different versions of Outlook. Also have roaming profiles gotten better? Seems there is always a profile getting trashed and causing weird errors.

[randle]

I'm not looking at spending any money on this but thanks anyway.

I'm storing the pst file in the local part of the profile so not relying on this roaming seeing as pst files over the network is a MS no, no.

Does anyone have any ideas on my original question? I'd also be interested to know whether the profile can be imported without starting Outlook as this halts the login process until the password is entered and Outlook closed!

[MattGibson]

Hi Guys,

I use the following script and yes I found it on the web somewhere so I cant take full credit for this!

Copy Code 1 to your logon.bat located in SYSVOL
Copy Code 2 to notepad, Save as ".vbs" in SYSVOL
Copy your pre-made .prf into SYSVOL

The following script will look for the users directory to see if they already have an Outlook folder in Application Data, if not then the script will proceed with importing the .prf

In you logon.bat file you'll need to add the following:
CODE 1

cscript \\SERVER\netlogon\Outlook2007.vbs

Now copy this to notepad and save as .VBS
CODE 2

Dim objNetwork, strUserName, WshShell, strDirectory, objFSO
Dim objShell
Dim Version

' Create Outlook object and Shell object
set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

'Get user's name
Set objNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
strUserName = objNetwork.UserName 

'See if the user needs Outlook configured
strDirectory = "C:\Documents and Settings\" & strusername & "\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook"

' Create the various objects
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

'Import PRF
If objFSO.FolderExists(strDirectory) Then
'Wscript.Echo "Skipped the registry edits. Directory exists
Else
'Wscript.Echo "Start performing registry edits. Directory does not exist
On Error Resume Next
Err.Clear
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.RegDelete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Setup\First-Run"
WshShell.RegDelete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Setup\FirstRun"
WshShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Setup\ImportPRF","\\SERVER\netlogon\Outlook.PRF","REG_SZ"
'Wscript.Echo "Finished modifying registry
End If

[randle]

Thanks Matt. I haven't gotten round to testing this out yet so apologies for not thanking you sooner. I'll give it a go when I get the chance and get back to you with the results.

An initial question though. Why are you using a bat file to call a vbs when the vbs can be set to run at logon on its own!? Am I missing something?

[mac_shinobi]

Thanks Matt. I haven't gotten round to testing this out yet so apologies for not thanking you sooner. I'll give it a go when I get the chance and get back to you with the results.

An initial question though. Why are you using a bat file to call a vbs when the vbs can be set to run at logon on its own!? Am I missing something?

The bat file is calling the vbs to run using cscript which is different to wscript

Although if the user launches outlook before said script finishes, does that mess it up some what ??

[randle]

Ah thanks. I could see that cscript was used but thought cscript could be called within the initial code of the vbs

[garethedmondson]

Take a look at this post: Outlook 2010 - Autoconfiguration Issue

We use an old version of RichProfile. The newer version needs paying for. Shame really as it's an excellent piece of software. I've been testing the free/old one for over 4 months now and am considering moving it out to staff. The only problem I've come across is that it doesn't hold your signatures.

Gareth

[randle]

Looks good although need to be able to add more details than it'll allow i.e. SMTP server. Also does this open Outlook during initial logon? I'm after something that ideally won't open Outlook during the profile creation as my original batch file did this and wouldn't bother looking for a different solution if I didn't want to change this behaviour.

A little more info:
Originally I had a different vb script which would load the profile to use, to set Outlook on first use, into the registry but this relied on detecting whether a profile had already been setup as whether to run or not. This didn't work here as the pst file for personal folders is stored in the local part of the profile due to using IMAP and not storing this type of file on a network drive. When a user then logged onto a different computer, the script would detect that the profile already existed and so not run but Outlook then couldn't access the pst file because this was not stored in the roaming part of the profile and not present on this computers local part meaning that errors are displayed and can't send emails...So based on that I'm after a similar script that will run depending on whether a defined folder or file exists.

It looks like the script that MattGibson provided will do this but just need to test.

[mac_shinobi]

It looks like the script that MattGibson provided will do this but just need to test.

VB Script that MattGibson posted looks like it will do the trick, although like you mentioned it does not prompt for SMTP server or any of that.

Script that MattGibson posted does not by the looks of it execute outlook in anyway as there is nothing that has run or exec in the script that points to the outlook exe

[randle]

My outlook.prf file has all the necessary details to setup the account which looks like is loaded into the registry in the script so hopefully will work a dream

If interested, the VB script i used orginally was the one at the bottom of this post: Deploy Outlook mail profile settings via GPO or script | HowTo-Outlook but as mentioned simply relied on whether a prfile had been setup rather than the existence of a file/folder.

Seems that I could have tested this by now instead of replying to posts

[randle]

Dim objNetwork, strUserName, WshShell, strDirectory, objFSO
Dim objShell
Dim Version

' Create Outlook object and Shell object
set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

'Get user's name
Set objNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
strUserName = objNetwork.UserName 

'See if the user needs Outlook configured
strDirectory = "C:\Documents and Settings\" & strusername & "\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook"

' Create the various objects
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

'Import PRF
If objFSO.FolderExists(strDirectory) Then
'Wscript.Echo "Skipped the registry edits. Directory exists
Else
'Wscript.Echo "Start performing registry edits. Directory does not exist
On Error Resume Next
Err.Clear
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.RegDelete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Setup\First-Run"
WshShell.RegDelete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Setup\FirstRun"
WshShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Setup\ImportPRF","\\SERVER\netlogon\Outlook.PRF","REG_SZ"
'Wscript.Echo "Finished modifying registry
End If

Can this be changed to check for a file rather than a directory?

[randle]

Having a little tinker myself I've tried the following modifications to try and do what I ask but on running Outlook it simply looks like it's not set to first-run

Dim objNetwork, strUserName, WshShell, strDirectory, objFSO
Dim objShell
Dim Version
' Create Outlook object and Shell object
set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
'Get user's name
Set objNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
strUserName = objNetwork.UserName 
'See if the user needs Outlook configured
'strDirectory = "C:\Users\" & strusername & "AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook"
' Create the various objects
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Import PRF
'If objFSO.FolderExists(strDirectory) Then
If objFSO.FileExists("C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst") Then
'Wscript.Echo "Skipped the registry edits. Directory exists
Else
'Wscript.Echo "Start performing registry edits. Directory does not exist
On Error Resume Next
Err.Clear
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.RegDelete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Setup\First-Run"
WshShell.RegDelete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Setup\FirstRun"
WshShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Setup\ImportPRF","\\MyServer\Outlook Profiles\CVHS IMAP Profile.prf","REG_SZ"
'Wscript.Echo "Finished modifying registry
End IF

The red is obviously my modifications but am I missing something?