Automatically configure outlook using RichProfile

Are you, like me, tired of trudging around the office configure Outlook profiles?

Do you wonder why you can have everything else set itself up magically using login scripts or kixtart, but still have to MANUALLY configure Outlook?!

The answer is RichProfile

Let me be totally clear, I did not write this, and I had nothing to do with it's development - it was written by Richard Coggins and I have been using it for years. This page was created because the WindowsITPro page has a dud link, and was more fluff than anything useful.

			How does it work

This little program is gold, set it up in a login script, attach it to the default user profile in your computer images, or even just sit it on a fileserver so users can run it when they need to.

The command line is simple - the helpfile is thorough. What more could you ask for?

I will simulate a simple batch script you can put on the network for your users.

Create your folder on the network, somewhere that all staff have access is fine. Create a new folder there, and put the RichProfile.exe in that folder.

Now, create your batch file - I usually call it something like Outlook.bat. Here, you want to be able to have any user run it, and still have it work properly, fortunately, RichProfile was designed for just this. The command line looks like this; "RichProfile Mailserver Mailbox ProfileName ProfileDelete SetProfileTo"

So, a working command line, in your batch file, assuming your server was called ABC-Mail, you wanted to name the profile after the user's name, you don't want to delete the profile if it exists, and you want it to be the default profile, would look like this "RichProfile ABC-Mail %username% %username% N D"

			Download and License

This is a fully functioning, 30 day trial to companies, and freeware to individuals and non-profits. Think of the time it will save you, do the right thing and register it.

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