DOCUMENT:Q111557 21-DEC-2001 [pcmail] TITLE :PC Win: Mail for Windows MSMAIL.EXE 3.20.4085 Update PRODUCT :Microsoft Mail For PC Networks PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.0b,3.2 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbgraphxlinkcritical ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Mail for Windows, versions 3.0b, 3.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= Microsoft provides a replacement for the MSMAIL.EXE file that is included with versions 3.0b and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows. For complete information about obtaining and installing the MSMAIL.EXE file, see the following sections: - To download the updated file - To replace your MSMAIL.EXE file MORE INFORMATION ================ This update contains the MSMAIL.EXE file, a replacement for the MSMAIL.EXE file that is included with versions 3.0b and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows. This resolves the following problems: - When an open custom message is deleted from a shared folder, the message header still appears in the folder. Trying to open the message again results in the error The message cannot be accessed. - You cannot do a Reply, Reply All, or Forward on a custom message that is located in a shared folder. NOTE: For this problem to be resolved, two files must be updated: the MSMAIL.EXE file (included in this update) and the MAPI.DLL file (update included in MAPIUPD.EXE on the MSL). - An error is now generated when the ACCESS.GLB file is locked open and a user attempts to change his or her password. To download the updated file ---------------------------- The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center: DownloadDownload Mailupd.exe now (http://download.microsoft.com/download/pcmail/Update/11/DOS/EN-US/Mailupd.exe) For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available on the date of posting to scan this file for viruses. Once posted, the file is housed on secure servers that prevent any unauthorized changes to the file. After you download MAILUPD.EXE to a clean directory, run it (by typing "mailupd" (without the quotation marks) at the MS-DOS prompt) to extract the contents of the file. You should receive the following files: MSMAIL.EXE (300,560 bytes, dated 04-15-95, 9:24 P.M.) README.TXT To replace your MSMAIL.EXE file ------------------------------- 1. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER " copy :\msmail.exe " (without the quotation marks) where is the drive and directory where you ran the self- extracting MAILUPD.EXE file and is the drive and directory where your MSMAIL.EXE file currently resides. For example, if you ran the self-extracting file from the TEST directory on drive D, and your MSMAIL.EXE file is located in the MAILEXE directory on drive C, type the following command: " copy d:\test\msmail.exe c:\mailexe" (without the quotation marks) 2. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER " copy \setup.inf \setupinf.old" (without the quotation marks) where is the complete path to the directory containing the Microsoft Mail for Windows SETUP.EXE program. For example, if SETUP.EXE is located in the MAILEXE directory on drive C, type the following command: " copy c:\mailexe\setup.inf c:\mailexe\setupinf.old" (without the quotation marks) 3. Using any text editor, edit the SETUP.INF file. In the [MsMail Prog] section, replace the following line "00" = 1, msmail.exe,,,, 1993-03-09, !DECOMPRESS,, OLDER, !READONLY,,,,,, 299904,,,, 3.2.0.4027, with: " "00" = 1, msmail.exe,,,, 1995-04-05, !DECOMPRESS,, OLDER, !READONLY,,,,,, 300560,,,, 3.2.0.4085," (without the quotation marks) Save the file and close the text editor. NOTE: For these changes to affect the entire network, each existing user must run Setup again. 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