Customizing Outlook Profiles by Using PRF Files

The Microsoft Outlook profile file (PRF file) allows you to quickly create MAPI profiles for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 users. The PRF file is a text file with syntax that Microsoft Outlook uses to generate a profile. By using a PRF file, you can set up new profiles for users or modify existing profiles without affecting other aspects of your Outlook (or Microsoft Office) installation. You can also manually edit a PRF file to customize Outlook to include services that are not included in the Custom Installation Wizard user interface.

PRF file features in Outlook 2003

As in earlier versions of Outlook, you can continue to use the PRF file to provide options for specifying additional services, ...

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