Outlook Express - Roaming Profiles - 2004

Outlook Express does not allow for the ability to have roaming profiles, like Microsoft Outlook.

With some minor registry tweaks namely exports/imports of registry files on log on/off,

that can be easily be set up in server 2000/2003 or any server software.

Download patch here.

Place the "E-mail settings" folder on the server and share the directory,

restrict the permissions so that only those user who need access to it have it

and that there access is strictly read-only.

Setting up the storage directories:

Open up the logon.bat and logoff.bat files.

Change '\\pvhs\settings' with 'your server name\shared folder name'

Change the 'F:' path to the your user path mapped driver letter,**

**If you change more than just the directory you will have to update the

  Default Address Book.reg file see change address book store location.

Change the Address book storage location

Open the File 'Default Address Book.reg' with 'note pad'.

Equivalent to 'right click>>edit'

Edit the line at the end, in the same manor as with the login/off files.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab File Name]

@="F:\\Application Data\\Microsoft\\Address Book\\Default.wab"

Now Setup the log on and off scripts.

Note there may be other default permissions that block the execution on these scripts

as I have experience before.

Note the log must be delayed until the log off script complete's.

Note the last time I tested this was

Last time tested was with windows XP-SP1 (2004)