Files to sync to avoid double downloading

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[I'm continuing this from another thread: Synchronizing 2 machines: Avoiding
double downloading]

I'm still trying to get my work & home machines synched, and so far it's
working well, with one exception. As far as I can see, I'm synching all my
email, contacts, etc, by copying the PST files & carrying them back & forth
between machines on a flash drive.

But when the newly synched machine goes to download my email, it downloads
everything from the server, i.e., it double downloads. Brian Tillman
(below) mentioned the UIDL, which keeps track of which emails have been
downloaded, which would prevent this problem. But copying the PST files
apparently doesn't carry the UIDL with them.

I don't want to touch the windows registry, but I noticed 2 other file
locations that Outlook seems to update and wanted to know if it's safe to
try to synch those files, too, in case they contain UIDL information, and/or
things like views, etc. (Basically, I'd like as much of the same work
environment as I can manage.)

I'm currently synching the PST files in:
C:\Documents and Settings\[me]\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Can I safely synch additional files in:
C:\Documents and Settings\[me]\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
(files: Junk Senders.txt, outcmd.dat, Outlook.FAV, Outlook.NK2, Outlook.srs,
OutlPrnt, VIEWS.DAT)
and in:
C:\Documents and Settings\[me]\Application Data\Microsoft\Office
(files: Excel10.pip, fbc1B87.tmp, Imagin10.pip, MSO1031.acl, MSO1033.acl,
MSO1051.acl, MSOut10.pip, PowerP10.pip, Recent, VB10.pip, Word10.pip,
Wordma10.pip)

Might some of these be relevant and safe to copy back & forth (synch), &
help with my double downloading?



"Brian Tillman" <tillman1952@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23b25OeGaFHA.1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>R <R@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I assumed there must be something like this. (I understand the
>> principle, but not the guts of how a thing like that works!) Does
>> the UIDL reside in one of the PST files (which one?) so that I can
>> include that PST in my backup/restore between machines?
>
> To tell the truth, I don't know where Outlook keeps this cache. Perhaps
> someone else does. It it's hidden in the PST, it would go a long way
> toward explaining what you see.
> --
> Brian Tillman


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