Outlook 2003 - remove PST files

I am running Outlook 2003 with Server 2003 R2.

I need to stop my users from creating PST files.

Currently I have GPO policy settings to disable ID #'s 1886, 5575, 5576 and
7091. These work great. However, while in Outlook I change to the Folder
List view and I see a link for 'data file managment'. When I click this link
I am able to create PST files. Is there any way to get rid of this link?
Or, am I going about this all wrong?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Christian

Why not use the DisablePST registry key setting?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Outlook\

I'm not sure if this is exposed in the GPO templates for Outlook 2003 as
well, but it is for sure for Outlook 2007.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
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"Christian" wrote in message
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I am running Outlook 2003 with Server 2003 R2.

I need to stop my users from creating PST files.

Currently I have GPO policy settings to disable ID #'s 1886, 5575, 5576
and
7091. These work great. However, while in Outlook I change to the Folder
List view and I see a link for 'data file managment'. When I click this
link
I am able to create PST files. Is there any way to get rid of this link?
Or, am I going about this all wrong?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Christian

Thanks for the info. I did find articles on this and it does work. I was
able to push this registry value out via group policy. I was just looking
for a different way, meaning not have to push out a registry value change.

thanks!

-c

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

Why not use the DisablePST registry key setting?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Outlook\

I'm not sure if this is exposed in the GPO templates for Outlook 2003 as
well, but it is for sure for Outlook 2007.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
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"Christian" wrote in message
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I am running Outlook 2003 with Server 2003 R2.

I need to stop my users from creating PST files.

Currently I have GPO policy settings to disable ID #'s 1886, 5575, 5576
and
7091. These work great. However, while in Outlook I change to the Folder
List view and I see a link for 'data file managment'. When I click this
link
I am able to create PST files. Is there any way to get rid of this link?
Or, am I going about this all wrong?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Christian

Hi both,

I've a very similar problem but in my case is in Outlook 2007.

Let me explain:

We've got mixed environmente with most users running Outlook 2003 while
others are being migrated to Outlook 2007 (mainly IT Staff and VIPS).

We also want our users to stop creating new PST's but until email archiving
becomes fully available to all of our users, we want them to keep on
accessing their existing PST's files.

Using DiablePST key, value = 1, in Outlook 2003 works fine for us, as users
are unable to create new files but can open existing ones. Good.

When applying this very same setting in Outlook 2007, it seems MS has
changed its behaviour as now users are unable to both create and open PST
files...

We've tried several varians with no much success honestly... Any ideas on
how to deal with what we want?

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks!

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

Why not use the DisablePST registry key setting?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Outlook\

I'm not sure if this is exposed in the GPO templates for Outlook 2003 as
well, but it is for sure for Outlook 2007.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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"Christian" wrote in message
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I am running Outlook 2003 with Server 2003 R2.

I need to stop my users from creating PST files.

Currently I have GPO policy settings to disable ID #'s 1886, 5575, 5576
and
7091. These work great. However, while in Outlook I change to the Folder
List view and I see a link for 'data file managment'. When I click this
link
I am able to create PST files. Is there any way to get rid of this link?
Or, am I going about this all wrong?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Christian

You're welcome! :-)

Note that pretty much all GPO settings are registry setting changes as well
so I'm not sure if I understand your last comment.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
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"Christian" wrote in message
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Thanks for the info. I did find articles on this and it does work. I was
able to push this registry value out via group policy. I was just looking
for a different way, meaning not have to push out a registry value change.

thanks!

-c

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

Why not use the DisablePST registry key setting?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Outlook\

I'm not sure if this is exposed in the GPO templates for Outlook 2003 as
well, but it is for sure for Outlook 2007.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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"Christian" wrote in message
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I am running Outlook 2003 with Server 2003 R2.

I need to stop my users from creating PST files.

Currently I have GPO policy settings to disable ID #'s 1886, 5575, 5576
and
7091. These work great. However, while in Outlook I change to the
Folder
List view and I see a link for 'data file managment'. When I click
this
link
I am able to create PST files. Is there any way to get rid of this
link?
Or, am I going about this all wrong?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Christian

These settings are directly exposed in the GPO settings. You can disable the
use of pst-files at several levels (added by end-users or special services),
disallow new content to be added or disallow them them to make any changes
to the mail profile. That should allow you to achieve your goal I think.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
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"maizqui" wrote in message
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Hi both,

I've a very similar problem but in my case is in Outlook 2007.

Let me explain:

We've got mixed environmente with most users running Outlook 2003 while
others are being migrated to Outlook 2007 (mainly IT Staff and VIPS).

We also want our users to stop creating new PST's but until email
archiving
becomes fully available to all of our users, we want them to keep on
accessing their existing PST's files.

Using DiablePST key, value = 1, in Outlook 2003 works fine for us, as
users
are unable to create new files but can open existing ones. Good.

When applying this very same setting in Outlook 2007, it seems MS has
changed its behaviour as now users are unable to both create and open PST
files...

We've tried several varians with no much success honestly... Any ideas on
how to deal with what we want?

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks!

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

Why not use the DisablePST registry key setting?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Outlook\

I'm not sure if this is exposed in the GPO templates for Outlook 2003 as
well, but it is for sure for Outlook 2007.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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"Christian" wrote in message
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I am running Outlook 2003 with Server 2003 R2.

I need to stop my users from creating PST files.

Currently I have GPO policy settings to disable ID #'s 1886, 5575, 5576
and
7091. These work great. However, while in Outlook I change to the
Folder
List view and I see a link for 'data file managment'. When I click
this
link
I am able to create PST files. Is there any way to get rid of this
link?
Or, am I going about this all wrong?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Christian