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Friday, December 19, 2008

MAPI32.DLL ERROR

Error message when you try to start Outlook 2003: "MAPI32.DLL is corrupt or
the wrong version"

I have seen this in Vista mostly.

You can try this:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP011164781033.aspx

But this is what worked for me:

1. Start Windows Explorer.

2. Locate and then open the following folder on your computer:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Msmapi\1033

3. Right-click the MSMapi32.dll file, and then click Rename.

Note The file (Msmapi32.dll) that you are renaming differs from the file
(Mapi32.dll) that is mentioned in the error message.

4. Type Msmapi32.old, and then press ENTER to rename the file.

5. Start Outlook 2003.

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