Hi, using Outlook 2003 I want to do the following: - have public folders filled twice a day programmatically with addresses being displayed using customized views for all the users in my domain What I did so far: - filled the public folders directly using the outlook 11 object library. Turned out to take more than 6 hrs. -> now filling dummy folders locally to later copy folders to public folders. Takes 7 min which is OK. Problem: - Customised views are still available for users but they have to set them every time. Management considers this annoying and wants me to change it. - Office Version:Office 2003Operating System:Windows XP After reading a lot without success there remain these questions: - am I following the right approach? - can somebody point me to the right direction pls? - what is the code for clicking 'publish...' in 'Define views...'? - when copying folders to public folders the information about the initial view is lost. How do I set this programmatically? Obviously, when I simply create once and then always only update the public folders it will work but then I stay with 6hrs runnning time which is not an option. Grateful for all your ideas! spamtin

I can’t publish the customized view to all public folders as well, which looks like an expected behavior for publishing a view I have tried to copy the customized view to “All Mail and Post folders”, it will be displayed on other public folders’ “Define Views”, but the “Publish” button is gray out. It seems that the customized view can only be used / published for that folder, but not all other public folders For the script or code about outlook, please use the “Outlook for Developers” forum which would be the best place for seeking the advice about itJames Luo TechNet Subscriber Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms788697.aspx) If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com