DOCUMENT:Q320022 06-AUG-2002 [exchange] TITLE :XCLN: How to Use the Mdbvu32 Utility to Remove Inbox Rules PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange PROD/VER::5.5 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server - Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 - Microsoft Outlook 2002 - Microsoft Outlook 2000 - Microsoft Outlook 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= This article describes how to use the Mdbvu32 utility to remove Inbox rules that that you may not be able to remove by other means, including the CleanSweep utility. NOTE: The Mdbvu32 utility is located on the Microsoft Exchange Server CD. You run the Mdbvu32 utility on the computer that is running Microsoft Outlook. MORE INFORMATION ================ To use the Mdbvu32 utility to remove Inbox rules, follow these steps: 1. Start the Mdbvu32.exe utility on the client computer. This utility is located on your Exchange Server CD in the CD-ROM_Drive\Server\Support\Utils\I386 folder. 2. Click OK, select your profile in the Choose Profile dialog box, and then click OK. 3. In the "MDB Viewer Test Application" dialog box, click OpenMessageStore on the MDB menu. 4. Make sure that your mailbox is selected, and then click Open. 5. Click Open Root Folder on the MDB menu. 6. In the MAPI_Folder-Root dialog box, double-click Top of Information Store in the Child Folders list. 7. In the "MAPI_Folder-Top of Information Store" dialog box, double-click Inbox in the Child Folders list. 8. Examine the contents of the "Associated Messages in Fld" list where all your rules are listed. Click the rule that you want to delete (to examine rule's properties, double-click it). 9. In the "Operations available (Select operation, then push Call Function button)" text box, click the down arrow to open the list of available functions. 10. Click "lpFld ->DeleteMessages() (ON SELECTED MSGS)", and then click Call Function. 11. In the "MAPI_FOLDER - Inbox ->DeleteMessages()" dialog box, click OK to delete the rule that you selected. 12. Click Close three times. 13. In the "MDB Viewer Test Application" dialog box, click Store Logoff on the MDB menu, and then click OK twice. 14. In the "MDB Viewer Test Application" dialog box, click Exit on the Session menu. REFERENCES ---------- For additional information about the CleanSweep tool, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q174045 Installing and Using the CleanSweep Tool For additional information about the Mdbvu32 tool, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q250338 XADM: Mdbvu32 Enhancements for Viewing/Managing Rules Messages Additional query words: outlook ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbOutlookSearch kbExchangeSearch kbExchange550 kbOutlook2002 kbZNotKeyword2 kbOutlook2000Search kbOutlook2002Search kbExchange2000Search kbOutlook98Search kbZNotKeyword3 kbExchange2000Serv Version : :5.5 Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2002.