How to Add and Setup Outlook e-mail account on client pc using c#

[sh26]

Is there a way to add a e-mail account on a client pc using c#? I thought about maybe an exe that the user could download and run to add and configure their email client for them. Just wondering what options I have, I am not sure where to start in order to accomplish this. Thanks

[tlhintoq]

Outlook stores files and account information seperately.
It stores them in different places for different versions of Outlook.
It stores them in differnt places for different operating systems.
Why bother to standardize, right?

So you're program will have to react correctly to all these parameters.

A list of file locations (not accounts, but outlook files) can be found here.
The article points out that account data is stored in the Windows registry.

Google found an article and VB code that reads the registry for account info.
Dissecting the VB for reading should get you all the locations and values to expect. So your program would write to those locations.

Good luck!

[sh26]

Thanks for the reply. I have ran across these location issues and you are right, they are scattered depending on the OS and the Outlook version. I think I may look at use the .prf files to add the email accounts on the clients. Not sure if that will work but I read where the .prf files are the same across Outlook clients 2003 and 2007. I'll see how it goes once I start testing.