thanks everyone and thanks kdyer,

The scripts that kdyer poined me to still use the 'first run' reg feature although as you correctly poined out the script does not in itself run outlook.exe.

However it appears that it is up to the user to eventually run outlook.exe and only then does the import of the profile actualy take place. if i am correct in my assessment then I would still like to complete the profile import while the script is running and not leave any unfinished business for "future" execution. there are number of things that the user can do before he/she decides to open outlook.exe for a first time and those tasks can compromize the success of that magical first run (such as deleting the directory where prf file is and so on).

Thanks for the help and I will be looking forward to any feedback on this issue.

Edited by Boyan (2003-12-08 06:00 AM)