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I have a small customer who has few computers with multiple outlook profiles.
they want all of those profiles installed on any new machine.
is there any way to back them up?
does it make a difference what os it is? ( win98 to win98 should not be a huge issue )
Could i save and restore between win98 and win2k?

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by taiseermustafa

I can't understand exactly what you mean..but as I understood, you can do the following:
1. Archive the folders that they have you will get a *.pst file...which can be opened then from the other machine...
There is a difference between exporting and archiving. When you archive, the original items are copied to the archive file, and then removed from the current folder. When you export, the original items are copied to the export file, but are not removed from the current folder. In addition, you can only archive one file type, a personal folder file, but you can export many file types.
On the File menu, click Import and Export.
Click Export to a file.
Follow the instructions in the Import and Export Wizard.

Exporting is also a convenient way to create a backup copy of a folder. When you export, the items in the folder are copied to the export file

Also see help under MS Outlook regardinf Export and archiving
Good Luck

by keelhan

I want to copy the setting themselves - email configuration and exchange and personal folders ( whateve they might have )

by suemvp

Profile details are in the user portion of the Windows registry. Exact details depends on the version of Outlook and for recent versions, whether it's intalled in Corporeate/Workgroup or Internet Mail Only mode. There is no documented, supported wayto move a profile from one machine to another, but you can always try checking the registry and exporting portions of it. Even if you do try to move them by exporting and importing the registry, you're going to need to check them thoroughly on the target machine, so you may want to just start from scratch.

by kbarry

There is a tool that comes with the Office Resource Kit. (free download @ Microsoft)
The tool is called the Profile Wizard.
It will save all profile settings and all user configurations done to MS-Office software.
First use Tools | Archive for each profile to backup the data.
This only creates an Archive.pst file so you will need to select different folders to store all profiles.
i.e. create a folder called Archives inside My Documents.
Create a folder called profile1, profile2, etc... inside the archive folder.
Do this so you only have to copy one folder later on. (it really sucks when you have to chase files nine levels down in seven diferent directories)
Now that the data is saved run the Profile wizard to create the .ops file to load on the new machine.
Once the profiles are in place on the new machine, open Outlook.
One profile at a time, File | Open | Personal Folders and select the folder in the Archive folder you created that has the matching profile.
Once opened you can drag the data to the Personal Folders/Mailbox for that profile and then close the Archive.
Repeat until all Profiles are updated.

Boring but affective.

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