Batch file to backup outlook pst

[tvanduzee]

Hello

Right now I have a batch file that closes outlook and copies the pst to a user folder on the server.
Problem is that I do not want to copy all pst files from each computer (some may be archives etc.. I only want the currently used pst.
Is there a line of code I can use to find the reg key that tells outlook where the data file is (pst)? Could be windows xp, 7 or 8

Currently, not all clients are consistent as to where the pst file is because there are different versions of windows. And the pst file is named by their email@address.com.pst (in most cases).

Rem vb script that closes all instances of outlook.
CloseOL.vbs

Rem give the outlook file time to close tmps
timeout /t 7 /nobreak

Rem if the destination folder does not already exist, create it.
if not exist %HOMESHARE%\Outlook Files mkdir %HOMESHARE%\Outlook Files

Rem Copies all PST files in the current users' profile to the network share
copy "%UserProfile%\Documents\Outlook Files\*.pst" "%HOMESHARE%\Outlook Files\*.pst" /y

pause

Rem Restarts Microsoft Outlook

start Outlook.exe
exit

Thank you for any help you can provide.

Terry

 

[Tweak155]

If you are only concerned with copying native save location in each environment, you can check if the directories exist first.

If you want user specified locations - create a temporary PST on your computer in a new location that doesn't exist. Then scan REGEDIT values for that directory (make it something really unique so it is easy to find, like c\123abc567xyz).

 

[sourceninja]

Have you thought about using powershell?

Export-Mailbox -Identity User.A -PstFolderPath C:\UserPST