Microsoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
at the beginning of this article.
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:
172073 Contents of the Outlook.prf File