OL2000: You Cannot Set the Default Archive Folder Path with the System Policy Editor (222237)

RESOLUTION

You can set a default AutoArchive path by modifying the Outlook.prf file that is available as a download. The file is available as part of the Microsoft Office Resource Kit at the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/

AutoArchive is not a static key and you cannot change it by creating an updated registry key. You must change the AutoArchive through profile generation by using the Outlook.prf file with the Modprof.exe file or the Newprof.exe file. The following is a sample of the changes that you must make in the Outlook.prf file:

[Service1]
;----Outlook AutoArchive------ 
;True=On and False=Off 
DoAutoArchive=True 
;specify the full path to the archive pst file
AutoArchiveFileName = "M:\temp\archive.pst" 

; ************************************************************************ 
; Section 6 - Mapping for profile properties. DO NOT MODIFY. 
; ************************************************************************ 

; ************************************************************************ 
; Outlook settings stored in the profile
[Microsoft Outlook Client] 
SectionGUID=0a0d020000000000c000000000000046
DoAutoArchive=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0320 
AutoArchiveFileName=PT_STRING8,0x0324 

For more information about how to use the Outlook.prf file, see the documentation that comes with the Microsoft Office Resource Kit(ORK), or see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge base: