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• Outlook Ost File Location Windows 10

Do you remember time before email in the office? It’s been a while now. Email isn’t an option these days any more than a phone.

And since Exchange has reached around, odds are decent that you’re using some version of Outlook. If you’re planning on migrating to Windows 7 with, you likely have two questions:. How can I get Outlook OST’s to migrate?. How can I get Outlook PST’s to migrate?Updated April 16, 2012 to be more complete OST migrationI am just going to rip the bandage off here, so grit your teeth: you cannot migrate Outlook OST files with USMT.

USMT makes no special allowances for OST files because the Outlook team does not support those files moving between computers; they were never designed for portability and Outlook’s developers don’t want anyone copying them around. The only supported way to get an OST file is for Outlook to create it.If you create a custom Include XML file that copies over OST files then Outlook may state the OST is invalid or that it cannot be opened. Please don’t call us asking for workarounds: this is expected behavior and there is absolutely nothing that the USMT or Outlook support teams can do. The OST may appear to work also; you got lucky for now, but there may be buried badness in that file that rises up someday like a mail-enabled Dracula – no one knows.And it’s not just me saying this: PST migrationBy default, USMT 4.0 migrates PST files that are linked to a user’s Outlook profile. This is done through internal USMT functions named SetPstPathInMapiStruct and UpdateMvBinaryMapiStruct which is called from within migapp.xml.What this means is that PST files which are simply stored on the drive but not actually connected to Outlook might not migrate when using /i:migapp.xml and /i:migdocs.xml. For example, if a user has a PST file store in their c:userssomeuserappdatalocalmicrosoftoutlook folder: USMT doesn’t just copy that folder’s contents willy-nilly; after all, those are mostly local per-computer settings and data, and just blasting them onto another computer could cause problems.It’s very possible a user is keeping those around for archive purposes, though. Migdocs.xml will gather customer folder contents from the roots of drives with little though to their contents, but you may need some XML to target PSTs appropriately and surgically.

Consider this scenario, where the archive.pst and nov2009on.pst are not attached to Outlook, and are just loose files on the computer:If you just wanted the c:pst copy, you get it for free as long as you use migdocs.xml. In order to migrate all of those PST files though, you’ll need to use a custom XML override. Here is a sample that will gather all PST files from all fixed drives, regardless of their location:All PST migrated from all fixed drives, regardless of locationMigXmlHelper.GenerateDrivePatterns (“.pst”, “Fixed”)Paste that into Notepad and save as PST.XML into your USMT folder. When you add that to your scanstate and loadstate command-lines with /i:pst.xml then all fixed drive PST files will be migrated.

Hi Guys,I'm trying to redirect my PST's from D:PST to the default location for Office 2010 (DocumentsOutlook Files) and whilst this works for both linked/unlinked PST's, i've noticed that linked PST's also get a copy created in C:PST on the destination machine. I created the reroute code in the Config.XML, here's what i've got.

(I found they were duplicated by searching the diag.XML File)Any idea why the linked PST's would also get created on C:PST??Thanks! Hi Jimc84,I'm not able to reproduce that issue using your XML (it also didn't work as you desired either though, more on this below), but I'd also need to have all your other XML files and scanstate/loadstate syntax. That gets into the 'you should open a support case' territory.I used this syntax in a custom PST.XML and it worked as you wanted yours to work (I think):

There are collision possibilities (same named file), personal data issues (I can now access someone else's file), and just the confusion to an end user of their folder and data disappearing. Thanks NedPyle. I see you excluded the ‘MigXmlHelper.IgnoreIrrelevantLinks’ from your code (I included this after reading Article,& specifically, Example 1: Include a file extension in a known user folder) so i’ll give that a try and see what happens. Hopefully, that’s the only thing that could be causing the C:PST Folder to get created.Regarding using the Move, ExactMove, RelativeMove options, the fact we’re moving from a 2 partition scenario (C: & D:) to a 1 partition scenario (C: only in Windows 7), we have to be able to move the PST files from D: Drive to somewhere else on C. I takeyour point however, this could be asking for trouble but i’m not sure how best we can avoid it as the PST’s have to be moved and i thought the default location in Office 2010 might be the best place for those.However, if you had any other suggestion on how we could avoid this, i’d appreciate if you could pass it onThanks! Hi Krevard,Try this sample code:All PST files migrated from all fixed, no PST’s migrated from network, regardless of context or outlook registry catalog settingsMigXmlHelper.GenerateDrivePatterns ('.pst', 'Remote').pstMigXmlHelper.GenerateDrivePatterns ('.pst', 'Fixed')As a side note: running PST files off of network drives is strictly unsupported and not recommended –297019 Personal folder files are unsupported over a LAN or over a WAN linkSo having USMT 'fix' this for you by copying the PST locally may be a fortunate coincidence you should leave in place.

Big thanks for ure answer Mr. Ned 'USMT' Pyle.

🙂I'm aware that PST are not supported over LAN. The problem is that we have 5000 PC's and every user has 2 or 3 PST with their archives (received items 2005, received items 2006,) because the exchange team allows only 50MB for mailBox. We can't let those PST locally because if the disk crash the users will cry a lot.

I'll have a talk with exchange admins I think.I found another solution this morning by using the switch /localonly (sorry). But I'll try to integrate your code. It is cleaner (I think) to do all I can in XML files.One more time: Thanks.Have a nice day.

As customers move towards a model of non-persistent VDI, they start to realize the benefits this approach has over persistent VDI. For one, non-persistent VDI allows IT to easily set up pools of desktops that can revert back to an original state after being used, instead of having to manage each individual persistent desktop throughout its lifecycle. Another benefit with a non-persistent model is the reduction in required storage, because unnecessary space is not allocated upfront for user-installed apps, for example.VMware App Volumes helps customers towards this non-persistent model with. We even have customers using a combination of App Volumes and VMware User Environment Manager to manage apps for some very interesting use cases.

One example of this is managing Microsoft Outlook OST files. We posted a on how App Volumes and User Environment Manager help IT with this use case a couple of months ago.

With the feedback and interest we’ve heard around this use case, we thought we’d double-click into it here.Why do you need a solution like App Volumes and User Environment Manager to manage Outlook OST files? Users are starting to migrate to Office 365 as it becomes more popular. Users who access Microsoft Outlook in VDI environments, particularly in non-persistent VDI environments, may notice that their Outlook cache or OST files “disappear.” There is an unnecessary need to re-create these large OST files every time a user logs off their virtual desktop and then logs back onto another one—which is the entire genesis of non-persistence. Because the OST files can be large, the log-off and log-on process can be time consuming.Typically, the Outlook cache or OST files are stored locally on the C: drive of the virtual desktop.

The virtual desktop is reset back to the default settings at each log off, wiping the OST file. With the combination of App Volumes and User Environment Manager, this is no longer a problem.

Outlook Ost File Location Windows 10

The Solution: Managing OST Files with App Volumes & User Environment ManagerLet’s take a step-by-step look at how to capture the Outlook cache (OST files) for use across VDI platforms. By using App Volumes and User Environment Manager, follow these steps:. In the App Volumes Manager, assign a writable volume to a user. Use a regular user-installed applications template ( vmdk).2.