Comments on: Batch File

By: charmed

charmed — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:21:55 +0000

sorry jjjjjjjjjjjj
i have to tell you must configured the outlook to the new location .

good luck :->

By: charmed

charmed — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:19:48 +0000

hi jjjjjjj

this batch didn’t work out coz their is a invalid parameters the xcopy cant support the space between the “Documents and Settings” so all you have to do is copy the outlook.pst to c:\outlook\ and create this batch file that i have gave you

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taskkill /im outlook.exe

xcopy “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst” “Z:\outlook.pst /y
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this well work 1000% i have try it so good luck

@echo off
taskkill /f /t outlook.exe
echo Starting copy operation
cd C:\Outlook\Outlook.pst
xcopy *.* /s /e /y /c z:\Outlook\
echo Copy operation complete
pause > nul

By: david sengupta

david sengupta — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:41:00 +0000

You could just use this tool: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8b081f3a-b7d0-4b16-b8af-5a6322f4fd01&displaylang=en

David

By: labnuke99

labnuke99 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:20:35 +0000

Lonewolf - that is an excellent reference! Thanks for sharing. As you suggest, the one thing that is missing is automatically shutting down the outlook.exe application. Jjjjjj has found a way to do that it seems. You can also consider using one of the Microsoft Sysinternals tools called pskill.exe to perform this task immediately before kicking off the backup script. Let us know how it works.

By: labnuke99

labnuke99 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:15:48 +0000

Does the user have the ability to copy to the Z: location? Can you manually copy the file using the same command? I would also add the /V switch to verify the file as it copies. /F may also be useful to ensure the correct filenames are displayed. Your batchfile is missing a quote after the Z:\outlook.pst: xcopy “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst” “Z:\outlook.pst" /y

By: jjjjjjjj

jjjjjjjj — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:41:03 +0000

Thanks for your answer.
This is the file i created. After closing outlook, it just goes off, not doing anything.

taskkill /im outlook.exe

xcopy “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst” “Z:\outlook.pst /y

By: lonewolfbw

lonewolfbw — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:39:53 +0000

Will XCOPY fail if the end user forgets to close down Outlook? That’s a concern I have with my own situation (working in a research facility where people usually leave their machines running 24/7 while experiments are in progress).

I have been experimenting with using NTBackup on a schedule for the same thing, since it makes use of the Shadowcopy service.

This was the reference I am currently working on:

http://www.neurophys.wisc.edu/comp/blog/bb20070403_01.asp

Though I have not gotten around the fact that NTBackup actually launches even though it’s called from a batch file. I have yet to find a way to make this run invisibly to the user if they are present. (And sadly, many are present at strange hours.)