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determining the location of the outlook PAB file

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Matt Pollicov #1 / 11	determining the location of the outlook PAB file I am trying to determine the location of the MS outlook 97/2000 PAB file and then back it up in a VB script. I know how I want to do this once I can find the file, but I'd like to know where win 95/98 stores the location of this file and read it from there. In the enviornment that I am working in the file can potentially be located anywhere and named anything. Thanks for all your help, Matt
Sun, 22 Sep 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Michael Harri #2 / 11	determining the location of the outlook PAB file Search the registry for ".pab" (data only). On my NT box with Outlook 98, there is a very ugly registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows NT \CurrentVersion \Windows Messaging Subsystem \Profiles \<mail profile display name here> \75bac16ccdeed211a5500010e37c63c8 and a named value of "001e6600" with the value C:\WINNT\Profiles\<username here>\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\mailbox.pab which is the default location. I have only the one profile, but ... Good luck !!! -- Michael Harris MVP Scripting I am trying to determine the location of the MS outlook 97/2000 PAB file and then back it up in a VB script. I know how I want to do this once I can find the file, but I'd like to know where win 95/98 stores the location of this file and read it from there. In the enviornment that I am working in the file can potentially be located anywhere and named anything. Thanks for all your help, Matt
Sun, 22 Sep 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Michael Harri #3 / 11	determining the location of the outlook PAB file On my Win98 box with Outlook 2000... HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows Messaging Subsystem \Profiles \<mail profile name> \6efe233a78b8d311a82a00e02948e7d6 same named value of "001e6600" with the value C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\<arbitrary of my choosing>.pab but of the 4 total mail profiles on the Win98 box two have the last node in the key as \0e9e2607568cbe11911b823d75a0b8c5 and the 4th has \36f02c81548cbe11911b823d75a0b8c5 So my guess that there must there must be another key or named value (hopefully with a common name) within each profile that "points" to these. You can do what I've been doing - just snoop with regedit. -- Michael Harris MVP Scripting What about in 95/98? Quote: > Search the registry for ".pab" (data only). On my NT box with Outlook 98, there is a very ugly Quote: > registry key > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > \Software > \Microsoft > \Windows NT > \CurrentVersion > \Windows Messaging Subsystem > \Profiles > \<mail profile display name here> > \75bac16ccdeed211a5500010e37c63c8 > and a named value of "001e6600" with the value > C:\WINNT\Profiles\<username here>\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\mailbox.pab Quote: > which is the default location. I have only the one profile, but ... > Good luck !!! > -- > Michael Harris > MVP Scripting > I am trying to determine the location of the MS outlook 97/2000 PAB file and > then back it up in a VB script. > I know how I want to do this once I can find the file, but I'd like to know > where win 95/98 stores the location of this file and read it from there. In > the enviornment that I am working in the file can potentially be located > anywhere and named anything. > Thanks for all your help, > Matt
Sun, 22 Sep 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Matt Pollicov #4 / 11	determining the location of the outlook PAB file What about in 95/98? Quote: > Search the registry for ".pab" (data only). On my NT box with Outlook 98, there is a very ugly Quote: > registry key > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > \Software > \Microsoft > \Windows NT > \CurrentVersion > \Windows Messaging Subsystem > \Profiles > \<mail profile display name here> > \75bac16ccdeed211a5500010e37c63c8 > and a named value of "001e6600" with the value > C:\WINNT\Profiles\<username here>\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\mailbox.pab Quote: > which is the default location. I have only the one profile, but ... > Good luck !!! > -- > Michael Harris > MVP Scripting > I am trying to determine the location of the MS outlook 97/2000 PAB file and > then back it up in a VB script. > I know how I want to do this once I can find the file, but I'd like to know > where win 95/98 stores the location of this file and read it from there. In > the enviornment that I am working in the file can potentially be located > anywhere and named anything. > Thanks for all your help, > Matt
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Matt Pollicov #5 / 11	determining the location of the outlook PAB file yah, thanks, just confirmed for 95 and 98. thanks for your help! Quote: > On my Win98 box with Outlook 2000... > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > \Software > \Microsoft > \Windows Messaging Subsystem > \Profiles > \<mail profile name> > \6efe233a78b8d311a82a00e02948e7d6 > same named value of "001e6600" with the value > C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\<arbitrary of my choosing>.pab > but of the 4 total mail profiles on the Win98 box two have the last node in the key as > \0e9e2607568cbe11911b823d75a0b8c5 > and the 4th has > \36f02c81548cbe11911b823d75a0b8c5 > So my guess that there must there must be another key or named value (hopefully with a common name) - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Quote: > within each profile that "points" to these. > You can do what I've been doing - just snoop with regedit. > -- > Michael Harris > MVP Scripting > What about in 95/98? > > Search the registry for ".pab" (data only). On my NT box with Outlook 98, > there is a very ugly > > registry key > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > > \Software > > \Microsoft > > \Windows NT > > \CurrentVersion > > \Windows Messaging Subsystem > > \Profiles > > \<mail profile display name here> > > \75bac16ccdeed211a5500010e37c63c8 > > and a named value of "001e6600" with the value > > C:\WINNT\Profiles\<username here>\Application > Data\Microsoft\Outlook\mailbox.pab > > which is the default location. I have only the one profile, but ... > > Good luck !!! > > -- > > Michael Harris > > MVP Scripting > > I am trying to determine the location of the MS outlook 97/2000 PAB file > and > > then back it up in a VB script. > > I know how I want to do this once I can find the file, but I'd like to > know > > where win 95/98 stores the location of this file and read it from there. > In > > the enviornment that I am working in the file can potentially be located > > anywhere and named anything. > > Thanks for all your help, > > Matt
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Matt Pollicov #6 / 11	determining the location of the outlook PAB file I'm having trouble searching for this string using RegRead. I keep getting a type mismatch error. any ideas? Here's my code: Dim RegStr, Result Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") RegStr="HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Microsoft Outlook Internet Settings\8acb5ee993fdd311b2780010a4eb7f97\001E6600" RegRead(RegStr) Quote: > yah, thanks, just confirmed for 95 and 98. thanks for your help! > > On my Win98 box with Outlook 2000... > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > > \Software > > \Microsoft > > \Windows Messaging Subsystem > > \Profiles > > \<mail profile name> > > \6efe233a78b8d311a82a00e02948e7d6 > > same named value of "001e6600" with the value > > C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\<arbitrary of my > choosing>.pab > > but of the 4 total mail profiles on the Win98 box two have the last node > in the key as > > \0e9e2607568cbe11911b823d75a0b8c5 > > and the 4th has > > \36f02c81548cbe11911b823d75a0b8c5 > > So my guess that there must there must be another key or named value > (hopefully with a common name) > > within each profile that "points" to these. > > You can do what I've been doing - just snoop with regedit. > > -- > > Michael Harris > > MVP Scripting > > What about in 95/98? > > > Search the registry for ".pab" (data only). On my NT box with Outlook > 98, > > there is a very ugly > > > registry key > > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > > > \Software > > > \Microsoft > > > \Windows NT > > > \CurrentVersion > > > \Windows Messaging Subsystem > > > \Profiles > > > \<mail profile display name here> > > > \75bac16ccdeed211a5500010e37c63c8 > > > and a named value of "001e6600" with the value > > > C:\WINNT\Profiles\<username here>\Application > > Data\Microsoft\Outlook\mailbox.pab > > > which is the default location. I have only the one profile, but ... > > > Good luck !!! > > > -- > > > Michael Harris > > > MVP Scripting > > > I am trying to determine the location of the MS outlook 97/2000 PAB file > > and > > > then back it up in a VB script. > > > I know how I want to do this once I can find the file, but I'd like to > > know > > > where win 95/98 stores the location of this file and read it from there. > > In > > > the enviornment that I am working in the file can potentially be located > > > anywhere and named anything. > > > Thanks for all your help, > > > Matt
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Michael Harri #7 / 11	determining the location of the outlook PAB file Breaking that long key string across multiple lines wasn't the problem, but doing so certainly makes it more readable (and keeps it from wrapping in the post ;-)... Dim RegStr, Result Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") RegStr="HKCU\Software\Microsoft\"_ &"Windows Messaging Subsystem"_ &"\Profiles\Microsoft Outlook Internet Settings"_ &"\8acb5ee993fdd311b2780010a4eb7f97"_ &"\001E6600" value = WshShell.RegRead(RegStr) -- Michael Harris MVP Scripting I'm having trouble searching for this string using RegRead. I keep getting a type mismatch error. any ideas? Here's my code: Dim RegStr, Result Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") RegStr="HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Microsoft Outlook Internet Settings\8acb5ee993fdd311b2780010a4eb7f97\001E6600" RegRead(RegStr) Quote: > yah, thanks, just confirmed for 95 and 98. thanks for your help! > > On my Win98 box with Outlook 2000... > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > > \Software > > \Microsoft > > \Windows Messaging Subsystem > > \Profiles > > \<mail profile name> > > \6efe233a78b8d311a82a00e02948e7d6 > > same named value of "001e6600" with the value > > C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\<arbitrary of my > choosing>.pab > > but of the 4 total mail profiles on the Win98 box two have the last node > in the key as > > \0e9e2607568cbe11911b823d75a0b8c5 > > and the 4th has > > \36f02c81548cbe11911b823d75a0b8c5 > > So my guess that there must there must be another key or named value > (hopefully with a common name) > > within each profile that "points" to these. > > You can do what I've been doing - just snoop with regedit. > > -- > > Michael Harris > > MVP Scripting > > What about in 95/98? > > > Search the registry for ".pab" (data only). On my NT box with Outlook > 98, > > there is a very ugly > > > registry key > > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > > > \Software > > > \Microsoft > > > \Windows NT > > > \CurrentVersion > > > \Windows Messaging Subsystem > > > \Profiles > > > \<mail profile display name here> > > > \75bac16ccdeed211a5500010e37c63c8 > > > and a named value of "001e6600" with the value > > > C:\WINNT\Profiles\<username here>\Application > > Data\Microsoft\Outlook\mailbox.pab > > > which is the default location. I have only the one profile, but ... > > > Good luck !!! > > > -- > > > Michael Harris > > > MVP Scripting > > > I am trying to determine the location of the MS outlook 97/2000 PAB file > > and > > > then back it up in a VB script. > > > I know how I want to do this once I can find the file, but I'd like to > > know > > > where win 95/98 stores the location of this file and read it from there. > > In > > > the enviornment that I am working in the file can potentially be located > > > anywhere and named anything. > > > Thanks for all your help, > > > Matt
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Matt Pollicov #8 / 11	determining the location of the outlook PAB file Ok that helps in my project but I realized one other thing, the line that starts "8acb5..." is different on every system. Can I "wildcard" that in my search? I don't care about the GUID, what I care about is the "001e6600" value that is under the GUID. None of my VBScript books has anything on this. Quote: > Breaking that long key string across multiple lines wasn't the problem, but doing so certainly makes Quote: > it more readable (and keeps it from wrapping in the post ;-)... > Dim RegStr, Result > Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > RegStr="HKCU\Software\Microsoft\"_ > &"Windows Messaging Subsystem"_ > &"\Profiles\Microsoft Outlook Internet Settings"_ > &"\8acb5ee993fdd311b2780010a4eb7f97"_ > &"\001E6600" > value = WshShell.RegRead(RegStr) > -- > Michael Harris > MVP Scripting > I'm having trouble searching for this string using RegRead. I keep getting > a type mismatch error. any ideas? > Here's my code: > Dim RegStr, Result > Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > RegStr="HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Messaging > Subsystem\Profiles\Microsoft Outlook Internet > Settings\8acb5ee993fdd311b2780010a4eb7f97\001E6600" > RegRead(RegStr) > > yah, thanks, just confirmed for 95 and 98. thanks for your help! > > > On my Win98 box with Outlook 2000... > > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > > > \Software > > > \Microsoft > > > \Windows Messaging Subsystem > > > \Profiles > > > \<mail profile name> > > > \6efe233a78b8d311a82a00e02948e7d6 > > > same named value of "001e6600" with the value > > > C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\<arbitrary of my > > choosing>.pab > > > but of the 4 total mail profiles on the Win98 box two have the last node > > in the key as > > > \0e9e2607568cbe11911b823d75a0b8c5 > > > and the 4th has > > > \36f02c81548cbe11911b823d75a0b8c5 > > > So my guess that there must there must be another key or named value > > (hopefully with a common name) > > > within each profile that "points" to these. > > > You can do what I've been doing - just snoop with regedit. > > > -- > > > Michael Harris > > > MVP Scripting > > > What about in 95/98? > > > > Search the registry for ".pab" (data only). On my NT box with Outlook > > 98, > > > there is a very ugly > > > > registry key > > > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > > > > \Software > > > > \Microsoft > > > > \Windows NT > > > > \CurrentVersion > > > > \Windows Messaging Subsystem > > > > \Profiles > > > > \<mail profile display name here> > > > > \75bac16ccdeed211a5500010e37c63c8 > > > > and a named value of "001e6600" with the value > > > > C:\WINNT\Profiles\<username here>\Application > > > Data\Microsoft\Outlook\mailbox.pab > > > > which is the default location. I have only the one profile, but ... > > > > Good luck !!! > > > > -- > > > > Michael Harris > > > > MVP Scripting > > > > I am trying to determine the location of the MS outlook 97/2000 PAB > file > > > and > > > > then back it up in a VB script. > > > > I know how I want to do this once I can find the file, but I'd like to > > > know > > > > where win 95/98 stores the location of this file and read it from > there. > > > In > > > > the enviornment that I am working in the file can potentially be > located > > > > anywhere and named anything. > > > > Thanks for all your help, > > > > Matt
Tue, 24 Sep 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Sam #9 / 11	determining the location of the outlook PAB file Michael Harris, Do you know if the "75bac16ccdeed211a5500010e37c63c8" key and "001e6600" value are a constant? I am trying to detect whether a users profile has been created as part of the script. Because the user name and profile name are being created to match, I can obtain the full key, but verifying a key does not appear possible in vbscript such as in the example" DIM RegData, RegKey Shell = Wscript.CreateObject ("Wscript.Shell") RegKey = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\<User Profile Name>\" RegData = Shell.RegRead (RegKey) All I really want is to verify this is present so that I can say "Yes this users profile is installed", but because the script above only returns an error, I am somewhat at a loss to say what I should do from here... If the above are trusted constants I am ok with using that. I would prefer to find some way to just verify the key, but will live with an alternative if I can find one. Thanks in advance Sam Quote: > Search the registry for ".pab" (data only). On my NT box with Outlook 98, there is a very ugly Quote: > registry key > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > \Software > \Microsoft > \Windows NT > \CurrentVersion > \Windows Messaging Subsystem > \Profiles > \<mail profile display name here> > \75bac16ccdeed211a5500010e37c63c8 > and a named value of "001e6600" with the value > C:\WINNT\Profiles\<username here>\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\mailbox.pab Quote: > which is the default location. I have only the one profile, but ... > Good luck !!! > -- > Michael Harris > MVP Scripting > I am trying to determine the location of the MS outlook 97/2000 PAB file and > then back it up in a VB script. > I know how I want to do this once I can find the file, but I'd like to know > where win 95/98 stores the location of this file and read it from there. In > the enviornment that I am working in the file can potentially be located > anywhere and named anything. > Thanks for all your help, > Matt
Tue, 08 Oct 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Michael Harri #10 / 11	determining the location of the outlook PAB file The long one is different for each mail profile, but on every machine I've checked "001e6600" is constant. -- Michael Harris MVP Scripting Michael Harris, Do you know if the "75bac16ccdeed211a5500010e37c63c8" key and "001e6600" value are a constant? I am trying to detect whether a users profile has been created as part of the script. Because the user name and profile name are being created to match, I can obtain the full key, but verifying a key does not appear possible in vbscript such as in the example" DIM RegData, RegKey Shell = Wscript.CreateObject ("Wscript.Shell") RegKey = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\<User Profile Name>\" RegData = Shell.RegRead (RegKey) All I really want is to verify this is present so that I can say "Yes this users profile is installed", but because the script above only returns an error, I am somewhat at a loss to say what I should do from here... If the above are trusted constants I am ok with using that. I would prefer to find some way to just verify the key, but will live with an alternative if I can find one. Thanks in advance Sam Quote: > Search the registry for ".pab" (data only). On my NT box with Outlook 98, there is a very ugly Quote: > registry key > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > \Software > \Microsoft > \Windows NT > \CurrentVersion > \Windows Messaging Subsystem > \Profiles > \<mail profile display name here> > \75bac16ccdeed211a5500010e37c63c8 > and a named value of "001e6600" with the value > C:\WINNT\Profiles\<username here>\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\mailbox.pab Quote: > which is the default location. I have only the one profile, but ... > Good luck !!! > -- > Michael Harris > MVP Scripting > I am trying to determine the location of the MS outlook 97/2000 PAB file and > then back it up in a VB script. > I know how I want to do this once I can find the file, but I'd like to know > where win 95/98 stores the location of this file and read it from there. In > the enviornment that I am working in the file can potentially be located > anywhere and named anything. > Thanks for all your help, > Matt
Tue, 08 Oct 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Matt Pollicov #11 / 11	determining the location of the outlook PAB file Seems to be what I have found as well and am using in my scripts Quote: > The long one is different for each mail profile, but on every machine I've checked "001e6600" is Quote: > constant. > -- > Michael Harris > MVP Scripting > Michael Harris, > Do you know if the "75bac16ccdeed211a5500010e37c63c8" key and "001e6600" > value are a constant? I am trying to detect whether a users profile has been > created as part of the script. Because the user name and profile name are > being created to match, I can obtain the full key, but verifying a key does > not appear possible in vbscript such as in the example" > DIM RegData, RegKey > Shell = Wscript.CreateObject ("Wscript.Shell") > RegKey = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows > Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\<User Profile Name>\" > RegData = Shell.RegRead (RegKey) > All I really want is to verify this is present so that I can say "Yes this > users profile is installed", but because the script above only returns an > error, I am somewhat at a loss to say what I should do from here... If the > above are trusted constants I am ok with using that. I would prefer to find > some way to just verify the key, but will live with an alternative if I can > find one. > Thanks in advance > Sam > > Search the registry for ".pab" (data only). On my NT box with Outlook 98, > there is a very ugly > > registry key > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > > \Software > > \Microsoft > > \Windows NT > > \CurrentVersion > > \Windows Messaging Subsystem > > \Profiles > > \<mail profile display name here> > > \75bac16ccdeed211a5500010e37c63c8 > > and a named value of "001e6600" with the value > > C:\WINNT\Profiles\<username here>\Application > Data\Microsoft\Outlook\mailbox.pab > > which is the default location. I have only the one profile, but ... > > Good luck !!! > > -- > > Michael Harris > > MVP Scripting > > I am trying to determine the location of the MS outlook 97/2000 PAB file > and > > then back it up in a VB script. > > I know how I want to do this once I can find the file, but I'd like to > know > > where win 95/98 stores the location of this file and read it from there. > In > > the enviornment that I am working in the file can potentially be located > > anywhere and named anything. > > Thanks for all your help, > > Matt
Thu, 10 Oct 2002 03:00:00 GMT

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