Mianrca Client - Use Outlook API to get PST path

[Eduardo de Oliveira]

Hello,

Actually, the "Outlook Offline Data" option simply appends "" to . But depending on Outlook version, it saves files on "%USERPROFILE%\Outlook Files", but "Outlook Files" folder may be different depending on Outlook language (e.g. "Outlook Files" is translated to "Arquivos do Outlook" in PT-BR).

Here's a sample on using Outlook MAPI to fetch all stores paths from Outlook: https://github.com/XescoAlarcon/analisi-formulariweb-mama/blob/d89b81d33d79a258c21a19457ef1b228b512d48e/analisi.py#L29C26-L29C32

[Eduardo de Oliveira]

I wanted to say “%USERPROFILE%/Documents/Outlook Files”. 

Also, I do believe that Minarca Client could use a modular/plugin architecture for its pattern folders detection (similar as GLPI Agent does for its modules), which could allow developers to add and maintain backup folders patterns more easily. The software can use its pattern approach as is and add a sub folder called “patterns” (similar to “locales”) and them load all sub files from there parsing their output/returns as new patterns to be added to the patterns that already exists, as mixing the Outlook discovery logic to the pattern.py seems outside of the scope of the function of that file.

[Eduardo de Oliveira]

I also would like to know how Minarca manage patterns for existing backups. Right now I do believe it’s setup them only when the backup is first created, which would be an issue if user create an Outlook store after the backup has been first created and the pattern to backup Outlook files has been selected, or if Outlook has been installed after Minarca Client has been setup (as it seems that Minarca Client shows a pattern only if the directory has been found into the machine during backup creation). Does Minarca Client periodically updates the detected patterns and show then on the list when editing the backup? Also, implement such new behavior to Minarca Client (detecting new PST locations on the fly) would also requires the Minarca Client to check for new Outlook stores before running the backup when backing up Outlook data is selected.