Searching for "ost" files

[system]

(imported topic written by GregL91)

I’m trying to run an analysis to find all pc’s in our domain that have an Outlook “ost” file.

I don’t want to search the whole C: drive or even “C:\Documents and Settings” if it can be avoided. I’ve tried various relevance clauses to get round the %userprofile% variable.

Have tried using:

exists files whose (name of it as lowercase ends with “.ost”) of folders “Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook” of folders of folder “C:\Documents and Settings”

but doesn’t work.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

Greg

[system]

(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

Well I don’t have any .ost files on my XP’s HD, but I did try modifying your relevance to see if it works on another extension I do have. Seems ok.

The only thing I could see is that your relevance won’t work with Vista. I think your files might be found under c:\users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

It didn’t work for you on an XP containing .ost files?

-Paul

[system]

(imported comment written by GregL91)

I’m now testing

exists file “outlook.ost” of folders (“C:\Documents and Settings” & name of current user & “\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook”)

which seems to be working.

[BenKus]

(imported comment written by BenKus)

FYI:

http://forum.bigfix.com/viewtopic.php?id=378

http://forum.bigfix.com/viewtopic.php?id=360

Ben