I have a notebook and I am connected to Active Directory and an Exchange
Server. I setup Outlook to use the Cached Exchange Mode to have a local copy
of the Outlook data. Now when I take my notebook off the network and try to
use Outlook locally, I can't even open it, because it runs through the setup
wizard and opens only if it is setup to connect to Exchange. I don't want to
connect to any server, I just want to use the local copy of the data. Help
would very much be appreciated.

apar wrote:

I have a notebook and I am connected to Active Directory and an
Exchange Server. I setup Outlook to use the Cached Exchange Mode to
have a local copy of the Outlook data. Now when I take my notebook
off the network and try to use Outlook locally, I can't even open it,
because it runs through the setup wizard and opens only if it is
setup to connect to Exchange. I don't want to connect to any server,
I just want to use the local copy of the data. Help would very much
be appreciated.

Try this: open Control PanelMail, click E-mail Accounts, select your
Exchange account, click Change, then More Settings. On the General tab,
select "Manually control connection state" and click "Choose the connection
type when starting". This should cause Outlook to prompt you for whether
you wish to work on- or off-line when it starts. Choose offlne and see what
you get.
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Brian Tillman

Thanks for replying, Brian. I got this working. But now my question is, I
have the local copy of the Outlook.ost file saved in my local Windows
profile. If I am connected to the Exchange server, I can work offline, but
when I log onto the laptop locally, Outlook doesn't seem to associate to this
ost file. How can I use the ost file? Thanks!

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

apar wrote:

I have a notebook and I am connected to Active Directory and an
Exchange Server. I setup Outlook to use the Cached Exchange Mode to
have a local copy of the Outlook data. Now when I take my notebook
off the network and try to use Outlook locally, I can't even open it,
because it runs through the setup wizard and opens only if it is
setup to connect to Exchange. I don't want to connect to any server,
I just want to use the local copy of the data. Help would very much
be appreciated.

Try this: open Control PanelMail, click E-mail Accounts, select your
Exchange account, click Change, then More Settings. On the General tab,
select "Manually control connection state" and click "Choose the connection
type when starting". This should cause Outlook to prompt you for whether
you wish to work on- or off-line when it starts. Choose offlne and see what
you get.
--
Brian Tillman

apar wrote:

Thanks for replying, Brian. I got this working. But now my question
is, I have the local copy of the Outlook.ost file saved in my local
Windows profile. If I am connected to the Exchange server, I can work
offline, but when I log onto the laptop locally, Outlook doesn't seem
to associate to this ost file. How can I use the ost file? Thanks!

What OST file is Outlook trying to use?
--
Brian Tillman

It should be using the Outlook.ost file that saves the mailbox from the
Exchange Server

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

apar wrote:

Thanks for replying, Brian. I got this working. But now my question
is, I have the local copy of the Outlook.ost file saved in my local
Windows profile. If I am connected to the Exchange server, I can work
offline, but when I log onto the laptop locally, Outlook doesn't seem
to associate to this ost file. How can I use the ost file? Thanks!

What OST file is Outlook trying to use?
--
Brian Tillman

apar wrote:

It should be using the Outlook.ost file that saves the mailbox from
the Exchange Server

It does for me, but I didn't ask you which one it SHOULD be using. I asked
which one it IS using.
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Brian Tillman