# Outlook Express Auto Setup?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-auto-setup/229938>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 19, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-auto-setup/229938 "2004-02-19T03:50:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Second](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Second](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-auto-setup/229938/1 "2004-02-19T03:50:07Z")

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Is there a way to create a batch file, script of some sort, or even a pre-existing utility to set up OE w/ certian server settings? I ask because I work tech support and I waste so much time telling customers where to click. Would be nice to have them run a file and it prompt for the username and password and set all the setting correctly. Anyone have any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-auto-setup/229938/2 "2004-02-19T05:45:33Z")

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[The best Outlook Express site](http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/).

I would think you could do what you want by exporting your registry keys to a .reg file that the user would run. You could pretty easily setup the account that way. The exact keys needed are listed on that site.