Did you ever wonder how you could create an Outlook profile and reuse it after you reformat or want to move it to another machine?
Wonder no more… there is a secret way you can do just this. It's a secret because only administrators know about it, but there is no reason why a home user with too many mail accounts can't do it too.
The secret is an Outlook Profile File, or PRF. It's easily edited using Notepad and easy to create, once you know how. You can learn how to create one or download a sample prf from Create an Outlook Profile File (*.PRF).
Published July 9, 2004. Last updated on January 19, 2013.