Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Outlook 2000 in Windows 7 (Pro)
Wasted a lot of time on setting up Outlook 2000 in Windows 7.
This note (from elsewhere) looked like it did the trick:
Copy the following files:
wab32.dll
wab32res.dll
From:
\Program Files\Common Files\System
To:
\Windows\System32
Success? Well, Yes - in terms of sending and receiving mail.
But then any attempt to import other PST files brought the error message: "The messaging interface has returned an unknown error". There seemed to be no sure fix to this.
So eventually, I gave up and decided to move to Thunderbird - but then hit the problem that Thunderbird in Windows 7 wouldn't import the PST files either - because Thunderbird doesn't let you choose where to find a PST file - it looks at the file that Outlook is pointed at, and I couldn't get Outlook to point at any of the other PST files.
So, the solution was to install Outlook 2000 and Thunderbird in XP Mode (needs Windows 7 Pro or above), then point Outlook 2000 at each PST file in turn. (Rename it after each time so that once again, Outlook asks you which file you want). Each time, open Thunderbird and choose Tools, Import, Outlook - and it will find the PST file and extract.
What a pain!
This note (from elsewhere) looked like it did the trick:
Copy the following files:
wab32.dll
wab32res.dll
From:
\Program Files\Common Files\System
To:
\Windows\System32
Success? Well, Yes - in terms of sending and receiving mail.
But then any attempt to import other PST files brought the error message: "The messaging interface has returned an unknown error". There seemed to be no sure fix to this.
So eventually, I gave up and decided to move to Thunderbird - but then hit the problem that Thunderbird in Windows 7 wouldn't import the PST files either - because Thunderbird doesn't let you choose where to find a PST file - it looks at the file that Outlook is pointed at, and I couldn't get Outlook to point at any of the other PST files.
So, the solution was to install Outlook 2000 and Thunderbird in XP Mode (needs Windows 7 Pro or above), then point Outlook 2000 at each PST file in turn. (Rename it after each time so that once again, Outlook asks you which file you want). Each time, open Thunderbird and choose Tools, Import, Outlook - and it will find the PST file and extract.
What a pain!
# posted by John Geddes @ 4:58 pm 
