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Sharing Outlook on a Vista PC

Author
14 Mar 2009 8:05 AM
replyINgroup
Sure this must be simple but I dont see any previous topics and cant find
anything by searching the internet.

I run Outlook 2007. All I want to do is allow two users on the same PC to
see exactly the same thing. So if one user downloads mails (which is then
distributed to various folders), the other user when they log in can see
exactly the same mail (in their various folders).

I dont run any Sharepoint servers or Exchange..... ;-)

Author
14 Mar 2009 8:19 AM
Gordon
replyINgr***@nowhere.com wrote:
> Sure this must be simple but I dont see any previous topics and cant find
> anything by searching the internet.
>
> I run Outlook 2007. All I want to do is allow two users on the same PC to
> see exactly the same thing. So if one user downloads mails (which is then
> distributed to various folders), the other user when they log in can see
> exactly the same mail (in their various folders).
>
> I dont run any Sharepoint servers or Exchange..... ;-)

You need to move the pst file to a folder that is shared, then just
point each instance of Outlook to that file.
Be aware that if you use Fast User Switching you need to CLOSE Outlook
before you switch User.
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Author
14 Mar 2009 10:30 AM
DL
Both users need to be using the same data file (*.pst, outlook.pst being the
default name)
Only a single user can use outlook at any one time

The Vista default location for the pst is
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

With Outlook closed you would need to move the pst to a location that both
users can acess
Then with user1 open outlook, it will complain, point it to the location of
the moved pst.
Close Outlook, log on user2, start Outlook, use Data Management to add this
common pst, set it as default, remove the old pst

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> Sure this must be simple but I dont see any previous topics and cant find
> anything by searching the internet.
>
> I run Outlook 2007. All I want to do is allow two users on the same PC to
> see exactly the same thing. So if one user downloads mails (which is then
> distributed to various folders), the other user when they log in can see
> exactly the same mail (in their various folders).
>
> I dont run any Sharepoint servers or Exchange..... ;-)
Author
14 Mar 2009 5:15 PM
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Excellent - thank you. I even bought the MS Step-by-step Outlook 2007 and it
wasnt in there (or at least I couldnt see it). One would have thought this
was something a lot of users would want......
Author
14 Mar 2009 9:19 PM
Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]
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> Excellent - thank you. I even bought the MS Step-by-step Outlook 2007 and it
> wasnt in there (or at least I couldnt see it). One would have thought this
> was something a lot of users would want......

I would expect that more people want their mail separate if they have separate
Windows logins that want their mail shared.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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