ProfilER

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Purpose:

Profiles.exe is an automatic profile generation program for MS Outlook. Profiles.exe is a VB 6 program that looks up the interactive user's NT id and generates a PRF file based upon the user's group membership. It determines if a user is a portable user by either looking at a specific group passed as a commandline argument (/g group_name) or it defaults to PortableUser. If a user is a portable user, then it creates 2 profiles with the following Services (unless the PRF file is editted):

Portable Users
- On My Portable
  - Exchange Client
    - with off-line folders pointing the <Path>\<nt id>\Exhcange\<nt id>.ost
  - Personal Folders
    - pointing the <Path>\<nt id>\Exhcange\<nt id>.pst
  - Personal Address Book
    - pointing the <Path>\<nt id>\Exhcange\<nt id>.pab
  - Outlook Address Book
- On Another Workstation
  - Exchange Client
    - without off-line folders
  - Personal Folders
    - pointing the U:\Users~\<nt id>\Exhcange\<nt id>.pst
  - Personal Address Book
    - pointing the U:\Users~\<nt id>\Exhcange\<nt id>.pab
  - Outlook Address Book
Desktop Users
- Exchange Client
- Personal Folders
  - pointing the U:\Exhcange\<nt id>.pst
- Personal Address Book
  - pointing the U:\Exhcange\<nt id>.pab
- Outlook Address Book

It utilizes the NewProf and ProGen utilities that are available in the Miscrosoft Resource Kits to create the actual profile(s) from the PRF files that Profiles.exe generates.

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Below are the configuration files that controls the way the program functions.

Profiles.exe

Profiles.ini - App paramters
<??????>.prf - Template PRF file that is used to create the Profile.
RES_DOM.CMD - A command file that has additional control parameters via Environment Variables.
NTIDtoEmailID.ini - NT ID to E-Mail ID Mapping File

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Profiles.ini

[Config]
MailApp="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Outlook.exe"
UserMappingINI=Y:\Exchange\NTIDtoEmailID.ini
OSNT=True/False or 1/0
OS9x=True/False or 1/0
OS16=True/False or 1/0
RefreshTemplate=True/False or 1/0
PortableHome=C:\Users\

[Servers]
HomeDrive=SITESERV1

[Users]
HomeDrive=U
Directory=Exchange

[Citrix]
ConfigOffice=Y:\Citrix\ConfigOffice.bat
ConfigXVision=Y:\Citrix\ConfigXVision.bat
MailApp=D:\Apps\Office32\Office\Outlook.exe

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<??????>.prf

; Sample PRF file.
; ----------------
; Copyright (C), Microsoft Corporation, 1996.
;
; The following PRF file is included as an example of how to create a PRF file for creating
; a profile. Section 1, 2, and 3 may be modified. DO NOT MODIFY SECTION 4. It will most
; likely cause exchange services to crash. Be very careful when editing to ensure property
; values match their property types.

; Section 1 - Profile defaults.

[General]
ProfileName=Default Exchange Profile
; This sets this profile (named as the NT ID or alias) as the default profile, unless the user is a portable user in which Outlook is set up to prompt the user each time.
DefaultProfile=Yes
; The profile is recreated EVERY time Profiles.exe is executed.
OverwriteProfile=Yes
; This sets the default service to Exchange (Service2)
DefaultStore=Service2

; ************************************************************************
; ************************************************************************
; ************************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in profile.

[Service List]
Service1=Microsoft Exchange Client
Service2=Microsoft Exchange Server
Service3=Personal Address Book
Service4=Personal Folders
Service5=Outlook Address Book

; ************************************************************************
; ************************************************************************
; ************************************************************************
; Section 3 - Default values for each service.

[Service1]
AfterMoveMessage=0
CheckSpelling=TRUE
;-----------

[Service2]
ConversionProhibited=TRUE
; There needs to be a DNS CNAME that points exchange to a MSX Server
HomeServer=exchange
; If the user is a portable user, then Profiles.exe will add this line and point it to <Path>\<ntid>\Exchange\<ntid>.ost, (or the alias). If the user is NOT a portable user, then this line is ommited. It is also omitted for a Portable User's On Another Workstation Profile.
OfflineFolderPath=1
; Profiles.exe will set the follong entry to the NT ID (or the alias)
MailboxName=NONE

[Service3]
; If the user is a portable user, then Profiles.exe will change this line and point it to <Path>\<ntid>\Exchange\<ntid>.pab, (or the alias). If the user is NOT a portable user, then this line is set to U:\Exchange\<ntid>.pab. If this profile is a Portable User's On Another Workstation Profile, then it is set to U:\Users~\<ntid>\Exchange\<ntid>.pab.
PathToPersonalAddressBook=c:\exchange\mailbox.pab
ViewOrder=1

[Service4]
; If the user is a portable user, then Profiles.exe will change this line and point it to <Path>\<ntid>\Exchange\<ntid>.pst, (or the alias). If the user is NOT a portable user, then this line is set to U:\Exchange\<ntid>.pab. If this profile is a Portable User's On Another Workstation Profile, then it is set to U:\Users~\<ntid>\Exchange\<ntid>.pab.
PathToPersonalFolders=outlook.pst
EncryptionType=0x40000000

[Service5]
Ben=True

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RES_DOM.CMD

@Echo Off

Set Exchange_PRF_Name=<??????>.prf
Set Exchange_PST_Name=%USERNAME%.pst
Set Exchange_PAB_Name=%USERNAME%.pab
Set Exchange_OST_Name=%USERNAME%.ost

Y:\Exchange\Profiles.exe

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