This policy setting allows you to specify a different folder location for Outlook Data File (OST) files on user computers.
If you enable this policy setting, you can specify a location for OST files on user computers.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, OST files are located in: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Outlook on user computers.
Registry Hive | HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
Registry Path | software\policies\microsoft\office\15.0\outlook |
Value Name | forceostpath |
Value Type | REG_EXPAND_SZ |
Default Value |
Environment variables such as %LOCALAPPDATA% can be used.
Example: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Outlook