Can one easily backup settings for Office 2021?

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I’m just getting used to using Office 2021 for the first time and wondered if there is a way to save or back up the multitude of settings one spends literally hours getting just right! If so, I haven’t found it yet and so would welcome suggestions.

I think back lovingly to the ‘Save Office Settings’ tool that came with Office 2003 and its predecessors, and was occasionally a real life saver!

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Have you looked in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office?
That is where I would expect them to be.

cheers, Paul

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WSVictor Delta

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Thanks. They all appear to be listed under  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0 which I previously associated with Office 2016.

(Sorry, realised I hadn’t logged in when I originally posted this)

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Don’t forget the files which contain customizations. See How to back up *all* 365 Office settings, customizations, etc. – Microsoft Community for more details.

--Joe

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WSVictor Delta

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Thanks. Amazing that no one’s produced a little programme to do all this automatically?

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There are several programs listed in the results of program to backup ALL office 365 settings – Search (bing.com). I’ve not used any of these so I can’t vouch for any.

--Joe

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WSVictor Delta

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Thanks, I’ll have a look. And I assume that the settings for Office 2021 are held in the same places as Office 365?

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With Microsoft software assuming anything can be a recipe for disaster. Double check everything.

--Joe

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WSVictor Delta

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Hi WSVictor Delta —

I found Outlook 2016 and previous versions’ settings here which I used in a batch file to backup each Sunday (I can’t currently find the actual batch file, but this should get you going… 😉

;Send/Receive group settings

C:\Users\mark\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.SRS

;Shortcuts (.fav)

C:\Users\mark\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.FAV

;Nicknames (shortened versions of e-mail names that Outlook matches to actual e-mail addresses)

C:\Users\mark\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.NK2
C:\Users\mark\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook\Microsoft Outlook Internet Settings.NICK

;Menu or toolbar customizations

C:\Users\mark\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook\Outcmd.DAT

;Print Settings
C:\Users\mark\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook\OutlPrnt

;Views Settings

C:\Users\mark\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook\VIEWS.DAT

;Junk and Adult Senders Email list

C:\Users\mark\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook\Junk Senders.TXT
C:\Users\mark\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook\Adult Content Senders.TXT

;Rules (.rwz)

C:\Users\mark\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook\Microsoft Outlook Internet Settings.RWZ

;Signatures

C:\Users\mark\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures\*.*

;Stationery

C:\users\mark\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Stationery\Cat n Mouse.*

;Templates

D:\My Documents\Outlook Templates\*.*

;Personalized Menu and Toolbar Settings

C:\Users\mark\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\*.pip

;Windows Sidebar Gadgets

C:\Users\mark\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\*.*

;This list of files

C:\Utils\Outlook.lst

;Calling batch file

C:\Utils\Data AND Outlook Backup.bat

;Command-line version of Winzip used (Winzip required) for batch file
C:\Utils\WZZIP.EXE

Windows 11 Pro v21H2 Build 22000.778
Outlook 2019 v2205 Build 16.0.15225.20028

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