markee Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Looking to do a clean install of windows and the one thing holding me back is dealing with resetting up all of Outlooks settings and preferences Backing up and restoring the .pst file is easy but it don't restore all your setting and preferences looking for a backup program or manual way to do it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debebee Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 CloneApp 2.x beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertfox Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Your Outlook account settings are saved in a registery key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook You can export this key and import it when your reinstall Outlook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markee Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Have you tried this this works to upload back all my preferences ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertfox Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I've used this method in older versions of Outlook but not in 2016. Just be careful with the paths to your OST and PST files. If you use a different username when you reinstall Windows these won't match anymore. Sadly it's the only way I know of to do it manually, in previous versions you used to be able to export your profiles to PRF files but those aren't supported anymore in 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Togijak Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 @markee I don't use Outlook anymore but I remember how to backup and restore, but how I can be sure that I did not forget something = I searched for a tutorial and found one that sounds like I remembered https://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertfox Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 @Togijak That is a great guide on how to backup your OST and PST files but to my knowledge they don't contain your account settings and preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Togijak Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 @Desterfox I am sorry last time I used Outlook (for my business) was 2006 and changed to Thunderbird because the missing PGP / GPG option in Outlook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markee Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 I been through this before the .pst files contain all past msgs and user accounts also if I'm not mistaken but all preferences settings are lost which can be difficult and annoying to remember or find again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarabou Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 I've not tried myself but this script seems to do what you are looking for... https://www.1337admin.org/uncategorized/backup-outlook-2016-settings-script/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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