Where are Lync Client Settings Stored? (Hint, Registry)

28 Responses to “Where are Lync Client Settings Stored? (Hint, Registry)”

1. Pat Richard says:

   04/08/2011 at 3:03 pm

   Nice post. Would be nice if the list of keys was alphabetical.

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   • Tom Arbuthnot says:

     10/08/2011 at 7:24 pm

     Hi Pat,

     Good idea, nothing a quick copy and paste into Excel can’t fix
     
     AccountPassword
     AddToFirewallExceptionList
     AllowOverridingDeviceAtJoinTime
     AlwaysOnTop
     AlwaysShowCWMenu
     AlwaysShowMenu
     AutoOpenMainWindowWhenStartup
     AutoRunWhenLogonToWindows
     AwayThreshold
     CEIP
     CEIPEnabled
     DefaultEnvironment
     DialpadState
     DSBkgndMode
     EnableBHOSmartTags
     EnableEventLogging
     EnableTracing
     EnableTTY
     EndPointLocation
     FirstRunPlayed
     FtReceiveFolder
     IdleThreshold
     IM CharFormat
     IMConvHistoryHeight
     IMConvInputHeight
     IMRosterHeight
     IMWindowHeight
     IMWindowMax
     IMWindowRect
     IMWindowWidth
     InkMode
     JoinAudioConferenceFrom
     Language
     LastDialedNumber
     LastViewedActivityTimestamp
     MinimizeWindowToNotificationArea
     MusicOnHoldAudioFile
     MusicOnHoldDisabled
     OCTelephonyMode
     PauseWMPWhenUsingPhone
     PiPWindowAnchorPoint
     PiPWindowHide
     PiPWindowResized
     playSoundFeedback
     ProductVersion
     SavePassword
     SearchWindowRect2
     ShowColorBand
     ShowEmoticons
     ShowPhoto
     suspendSoundWhenBusy
     suspendSoundWhenConversationWindowInForeground
     suspendSoundWhenDND
     TabAreaHeight
     TrustModelData
     WindowMax
     WindowRect
     
     ConfigurationMode
     ServerAddressExternal
     ServerSipUri
     ServerUsername
     Transport

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2. Steven says:

   08/09/2011 at 8:40 pm

   Under Lync Tools/Options/Personal, there is an option to save instant message conversations in my email Conversation History folder. It is grayed out. Is there a way to create a reg entry to have that enabled?

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   • Jason says:

     21/10/2011 at 4:09 pm

     This is controlled by the Lync Set-CSClientPolicy IMAutoArchiving parameter from an admin perspective. However, the client side registry key also works (DWord value, set it to 1 to force it on or 0 to force it off): HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Communicator\ImAutoArchivingPolicy
     I think the admin policy will override/reset the regkey entry, but if they’ve merely pushed out a regkey and you have access to change it, you can see if this works.

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3. Tom Arbuthnot says:

   10/09/2011 at 4:16 pm

   Unfortunately it sounds like your administrator has disabled Conversation history, there is no way to override this other than to talk to your admin/IT dept.

   thanks

   Tom

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4. Evan says:

   20/09/2011 at 7:42 am

   Thanks for the great info. On a similar note, under Tools/Options, there should be an option for Video Device. In my lync client, this option doesn’t appear at all. I have a Microsoft LifeCam installed, configured and available for use by other applications, so i’m not sure why ‘video options’ doesn’t appear in Lync. Could this be due to a setting in one of the above keys?

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   • Tom Arbuthnot says:

     20/09/2011 at 8:56 am

     More likely to be GPO or inband policy settings. Are you the admin of the Lync server and/or do you know what policies have been set? Thanks

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     • Evan says:

       21/09/2011 at 1:57 am

       Thanks Tom. Unfortunately not. My organisation is still running OCS and when I was using the OCS client, I could video conference with colleagues. I installed the Lync client in the same organisation using the DisableServerCheck Reg Key (http://ms-uc.herber.co/?p=105) and it has been working fine with the exception of the ability to add a video device.

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5. shane says:

   17/10/2011 at 11:55 am

   Is there a way to disable an instant message fade in / pop up notification window that I get from my contacts? I don’t want to see messages from anyone while I’m working… I’d much rather see them minimized or not at all. I have a lot of work usually and it can get annoying and I’m not allowed to put myself in busy or away status since I’m responsible for being available 24/7. Thanks! Shane

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   • Tom Arbuthnot says:

     17/10/2011 at 1:40 pm

     Sorry there is nothing out of the box to disable toast. We (Modality Systems) are looking at doing a small addon that includes this functionality. More info on the blog when it’s launched.

     cheers

     Tom

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6. Roger Wood says:

   16/01/2012 at 1:53 pm

   Is there a way to configure the saved conversation history to be stored locally rather than on the Exchange server? We are very short of space and with several thousand people using Lync disk space is dropping rapidly. If we could get conversations saved somewhere else it would really help.
   Thanks,
   Roger.

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   • Tom Arbuthnot says:

     18/01/2012 at 2:58 pm

     Hi Roger,

     No unfortunately you need Exchange for convo history. It shouldn’t tale up too much space, and can be managed by exchange mailbox policies, like other mail items.

     Tom

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7. Rob says:

   01/02/2012 at 9:24 am

   Is there a way to remove the i in the lync screen. When users start this they will start the customer experience improvement program.

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   • Tom Arbuthnot says:

     02/02/2012 at 10:40 am

     sorry not sure What you mean by the i? I don’t see it on my clients?

     Tom

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8. Chris says:

   02/02/2012 at 3:18 pm

   Is there a way to change the timer for the autosave Converstion history?

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   • Tom Arbuthnot says:

     03/02/2012 at 10:46 am

     No I don’t believe so. How is it causing you an issue?

     thanks

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     • Chris says:

       03/02/2012 at 2:37 pm

       I have a user that is away from his PC alot. He would like the message to go to his email faster so missed messages will appear in the mailbox of his mobile device. Right now, if he doesn’t reply to an Instant message with in 15 minutes it will autosave as an email message in his inbox. He’d like to change that time to about 5 minutes.

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9. Raj says:

   08/02/2012 at 12:22 pm

   I am not able to edit Sign-in address and Sign-in server uri. can you please help with registry setting to enable editing sign-in address and sign-in server url

   I want to run my IM in Automatic configuration mode

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   • Tom Arbuthnot says:

     08/02/2012 at 1:27 pm

     It’s very likely your administrator has it looked down by GPO. Please check with your administrator. If you are the admin check the GPO’s

     thanks

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10. alex says:

    02/03/2012 at 10:00 am

    I’ve yet to figure out how to change the hotkeys, or disabling them.
    The win+q one is especially annoying since it is global.
    Does anyone have ideas on that? Thanks

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11. Ace says:

    23/03/2012 at 6:06 pm

    Anyone know if there is a registry key that shows what edition of Lync has been installed? (Standard or Enterprise)

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    • Tom Arbuthnot says:

      25/03/2012 at 10:51 am

      Hi, There is no separate Standard and Enterprise Client. The client is the same in both standard and enterprise server deployments.

      Tom

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12. Dan says:

    27/03/2012 at 11:28 pm

    Hi Tom,

    This is probably a silly question, but do you know if there is any way to coerce Lync into maintaining a _single_ conversation for each user that you correspond with? This would be similar to how other IM clients work; i.e., they tend to keep all conversation history lumped together under for each user that you chat with.

    The way Lync is working for me, at least, is that if I start a conversation with someone, then go off to a meeting and come back to my desk to resume the conversation, Lync has assumed that our conversation was finished, and therefore I have to go back into History to figure out where our conversation left off. Other IM clients maintain what is essentially a continuous infinite history on a per-user basis, so that when I’m chatting with someone, I can scroll back to reference stuff that we talked about earlier in the day, yesterday, or any time in the past.

    This seems like on oversight on Microsoft’s part, but maybe I’m just too dumb to find the appropriate configuration option to enable this feature…

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    • Tom Arbuthnot says:

      07/05/2012 at 9:08 pm

      Hi Dan,

      No sorry there is no way to do this. You can use search and sort in outlook to find Convo history.

      Thanks

      Tom

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13. Craig says:

    26/04/2012 at 2:54 pm

    can I hide the “Meet Now” button in the Lync client?

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14. Craig says:

    26/04/2012 at 3:00 pm

    what does the “Transport” key do in the shared UcClient
    is there a list that show what each key does

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15. Itzik says:

    07/05/2012 at 6:31 am

    It’s not the complete list

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    • Tom Arbuthnot says:

      07/05/2012 at 4:37 pm

      What is missing?

      thanks

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