Hi, we just set up our new network with Windowns 2003 Enterprise Server and Windows XP Clients with Office 2003. Using GPO in the OU i redirect my documents to there home folder, start menu and desktop to secure shared locations. I have profiles setup on the users and point to a path like \\server\profiles$\%USERNAME% all done correctly and work fine for normal use. The problem comes with OUTLOOK 2003 pst file location. When i first run outlook it makes the pst file at: c:\documents and settings\%username%\local settings\application data\.....\outlook\outlook.pst Now im led to believe as this is the profile location, when user logs off 'Local Settings' directory along with the rest goes back to server, then comes back down on the next workstation used...... BUT this folder does not go back to the server like the rest of the profile directories and office just complains about a missing pst. I log back on to the machine i loged on first and it all works. I have tryed using Application Data folder redirect in GPO but no change. Ive also checked the GPO's for Excluded Folders and its not there. (before we started to use outlook we had 'Local Settings' in here but removed it before going ahead with all this). So.. is there any ideas to whats going on here and what to try? OR Does anyone know any registry hacks i can deploy from AD's GPO to the workstation to make the default location for new/current pst files to go on server in there home folder or profiles directly like: \\server\profiles$\%USERNAME%\outlook.pst or H:\outlook\outlook.pst without visiting all users creating them when they first login. (there is 200 of them) Any help would be great. Thanks Tom

Unless you redirect the .pst file in Outlook directly for each user, it will stay with the local system. Which means that for every machine a user logs into, they'll get a new .pst file. If your users are going to be using multiple machine logins, I'd suggest redirecting all the .pst files. I've not heard of any script or reg hack to do what you ask, but would be interested in one if there was.

Oh, Thanks. Just as a wonder, is this the same with outlook express? Tom

Probably, test it and see.

Yes, OE is the same. This just means using a 3rd part software cos im not paying for an Exchange server cos microsoft suggest it. Webmail server, here i come! Tom