TABLE OF CONTENTS The .prf files that you learned how to create in Chapter 3 by using the Custom Installation Wizard (CIW) and the Custom Management Wizard (CMW) cannot handle every possible mail-profile customization chore. In fact, there are many customizations that cannot be propagated with .prf files at all. This chapter shows you additional scenarios where it makes sense to edit a .prf file by hand or where you might need to customize .prf files for multiple users by using a script. The following topics are covered:
How to use a script to expand environment variables in a .prf file so that you can customize the .prf file for a particular user or department
How to add connections to the user s existing .pst files using a script
How to read the mapping sections of a .prf file
How to use before and after snapshots of the registry to determine which registry value corresponds to a particular account option
Where to find values in the Windows registry that you can manage with a .prf file, including settings not supported in the CIW or CMW
In Chapter 3, you saw how the CIW and CMW can create basic .prf files containing the basic settings for Outlook accounts. Sometimes the task at hand is more than these basic .prf files can handle. For example, you might need to configure a mail account where the user name doesn t match the Windows login user...
