FILE: How to Acquire the Win95 Windows Messaging System (WMS)

ID: Q177854

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Messaging on the following platform: Win95

SUMMARY

The Windows Messaging System (WMS) for Windows 95 should be considered an update to the Windows operating systems messaging subsystem. Windows Messaging System (WMS) installs an updated set of MAPI DLLs.

This update is needed in order to allow certain MAPI related functions and up-to-date controls to function properly.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ Exupdusa.exe (size: 3097957 bytes)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

To install Windows Messaging System (WMS), double-click the file Exupdusa.exe.

NOTE: If the Exchange 5.0 client or any version of Outlook has been installed on the target computer after the installation of Windows 95, Windows Messaging System (WMS) should not be installed since the MAPI subsystem it installs is dated earlier than the version that is installed by these other applications.

Additional query words: ActMsg OleMsg VBMAPI

Keywords          : kbfile kbActMsg kbCDO kbMAPI kbMsg OleMsg 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: March 17, 1999