Barry
Thu Mar 17 11:16:59 CST 2005
On 17/3/05 4:26 pm, in article
1111076818.952226.203730@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "Jethran Waugh"
<waughjbs@aston.ac.uk> wrote:
> Im not entirely sure what the database file in
> /Users/yourHomeFolder/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2004
> Identities/Main Identity does but I have one question. We are using
> Mac OS X and Office 2004 for our students in a lab environment so we
> have not installed Entourage. However when a user runs any other
> office app for the first time it still creates this 18Mb file.
> Normally this would not be a problem, but we also use network home
> directories which by default are limited to 30Mb (enough for them to
> store their work in but not really for 18mb files). Is there a way to
> reduce the size of this file or preferably remove the file completely?
>
The file is automatically created by the database daemon, that is fire doff
when any office app is used, since word and excel also access the office
database in addition to entourage. They use it to access the contacts that
may be available for the data merge, autofill and associated activities.
To prevent it from cluttering up the Home directory, copy the identity
folder to some other network location and put an alias in it's place.
Providing the alias has exactly the right name 'Office 2004 Identities' and
is in the right place (in the MUD folder) all the office apps will follow it
quite happily.
--
Barry Wainwright
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