Mike Hodnick

Worked perfectly. In fact, I simply used the detect and repair option and Hodnick's suggestion worked. THANK YOU!

Thank you very much for the clear and great help! it works perfect

Cool - worked perfectly thanks

Mike, you are THE Office STUD!!!  Can't thank you enough....

Alternatively, go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033 and delete MSMAPI32.dll and restart Outlook. It will automatically reinstall the file for you without needing to run the Office setup.

You just got Wired!

(c) The Wire.

Much more help than the "fixmapi.exe" from Microsoft.  Works like a charm -- thanks man.

Thank you, thank you thank you...for the tip on solving the MAPI32.dll wrong version error after uninstalling Office 2007 .

I had my brains burnt for one week when I could not get into my Outlook at the office, despite following Microsoft's advice to keep on reinstalling outlook.

It fixed my problem IMMEDIATELY.

You saved my life, cyberspace speaking.

Thanks for posting this, much apprecaited

Dispared to Repaired.  You are the Man!  Deleted MSMAPI32.DLL and the thing fixed itself.  Thanks a million!

That was pure genius :)

Mike and The Wired... you are FREAKIN' AWESOME! I spent hours on this after uninstalling the 2007 beta and trying to reinstall my old Office 2003 to no avail until I deleted that file (it is now 4am.. time for sleep..).

Thank you! You're solution actually worked; Microsoft's was completely useless. I just deleted MAPI32.DLL and Office opened immediately.

I renamed the MSMAPI32.dll then ran FIXMAPI.EXE from the c:\windows\system32 folder and it fixed this error.

It worked as stated. Fixed Outlook 2003 after having Beta 2007 installed. I wish I could say thank you MIcrosoft...but I can't. Thank you Mike!

Thanks very much.  You just cured a major headache.

Can somebody help? My problem is that suddently, one morning, when I tried opening outlook, it shutted dowm immediately. The error report mentionned masmapi32.dll. No way I can keep it opem more thasn a few seconds before it shuts down. Should I delete this file s said abocvve nd reinstall?

PHEWWW!  MIKE I OWE YOU A BEER MAN!  CHEERS

Great article !
It work and solve the problem of Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2003 coexistance !
10X!

You star!
Better than Microsoft's technical support. Fixed my issue too after installing Off.2007.Beta2

Works perfect :)

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!! (hugs and kisses)

tytyty!!!

Mike, can't thank you enough.  Do you take paypal? :)

Thank you! I"ve spent a lot of time to find a proper solution. Where are idiots from Microsoft to help. Microsoft has a stupid old proposal to find.... and replace mapi32.dll in system dir, that dose not work in our situation reinstalling Office 2003 after Office 2007 beta.

THANKS A MILLION!!

Thank You Mike!

Thanks!  Fixed my problem....

thanks for the fix. It worked perfectly. Many thanks!

yES ! fINALLY....WHY DOES MICROSOFT GIVE US THE WRONG INFO !!!!!! ##@$#%^

Sharp fellas, worked like a charm!!!!!

Thank u so much - yes all that you need to do is rename the file - but u don't need to reinstall it - just try opening it again and it will work!!!!

Great Job, Headache gone, well done mike

Great - worked a treat - thank you.

I did the following after uninstalling OL2007 I reinstalled OL2003. Then I went to Windows/System32 folder and renamed MAPI32.dll to MAPI_OLD.dll then in that same folder there is an executable called FIXMAPI.exe. I run the executable by double-clicking on it. Then I restarted WinXP Pro.

Fixed the problems.

Hope this helps...

Yama

THanks - worked perfectly

Brilliant

Thanks

when u open the mapi_old.dll it says something about how this helps run the operating system. It asks u  if you want to continue and if u do u open it with..... What do u open it with? And also what do you mean when u say that u restarted WinXP Pro.

YOU ARE A GOD!!!

Thank You Sooooooooooooooo Much!

Fantastic. The trick worked for me too. Just had to rename the file, as it didn't allow me to delete it - really great.

THANKS THANKS THANKS
i had to uninstall 2007 beta - HORRIBLE hated it slow as molasses and
well nevermind

so i needed to reinstall 2003 - and get to my emails - i had been using thunderbird - but miss my outlook - so now i am set to go

thanks again!

Just use Outlook for syncing my Gmail contacts with my PDA, but was annoyed to get the same error.

Worked like a charm, thanks!

Mike - you saved my ass.  Thanks!

Thanks I wish I would have found this earlier on this week.

YOU ROCK

Sweet- four hours of my life wasted until I found this- nice one!

Mike,
Can't thank you enough. Have wasted hours on this problem!

What a star - thanks. Cured my problem after 3 hours wasted re-installing everything.

Wish it were this easy for me (I would have been done one day ago).  Like others, I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling Outlook 2003, renaming MSMAPI32.dll, run Fixmapi.exe, uninstalling Outlook 2003, then installing Outlook 2007 (after all the foregoing), then get error OLMAPI32.dll.  I believe the problem is somehow related to Microsoft Office Document Image Writer.  When I tried to do a restore I noted that "Printer Driver Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Installed" (MODIW) at a time about 7 minutes after the time my Outlook.ost and Personal.pst files were last updated.  Outlook stopped working shortly thereafter.  I have uninstalled MODIW several times but it keeps coming back.

None of the suggestions to run Installer Cleanup Utility, Custom Maintenance Wizard, Removal Wizard and other MS Office Resource Tools have had any effect.
It is obvious that getting completely rid of Outlook (either version) for a clean reinstallation is impossible.  Any suggestions to the contrary are welcome.

Thanks for the tip!   Outlook 2003 stopped working after I uninstalled Thunderbird 1.5.  Renamed the .dll file, restarted Outlook, and it fixed itself.  You guys saved me lots of time.

Thanks and thanks again.

I spent 4 days trying to fix this and every query led me to try and fix mapi32.dll which was obviously the wrong approach. Like you I found 2007 wanting hence my reason to uninstall.

What is it with MS that they get a simple thing like giving the wrong message wrong!

I fixed the problem by deleting all versions of mapi32.dll files except the following:
C:\i386/mapi32.dll   110KB 8/4/2004
C:\Windows\System32\mapi32.dll  110 KB 8/4/2004
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\OLMAPI32.DLL 2,916 KB 8/24/2006
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033\MSMAPI32.DLL 49 KB 8/24/2006
Note: these dlls are on the technical refresh to Office 2007

I can access Outlook now, but not reply or send messages. Did anyone else have this problem?

Hello living beings out there,

I had the exact same problem described above but thanks to my pal Mike here, in one day i solved it ! I'm so gratefull that i'd like to add something to Mike's tutorial that really can save precious time:

....
The actual dll that is causing the problem is MSMAPI32.dll, which is located at C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033. Simply rename this file to something else (e.g. MSMAPI32_OLD.dll), ...
••• AND TRY TO OPEN OUTLOOK WITH UR CD IN THE DRIVE OR YOUR ISO MOUNTED !  This will avoid reinstallation and will just replace the dll  (ó.Ò,')  so no more of the following: •••
reinstall Office 2003, and...
••• But only: •••
Outlook 2003 should work perfectly after that.....

It works perfectly! Goodluck to you all & greetz from Brussels (capitol of Belgium)  ;-)

Cya,
R3M!X

Shame on the MS guys for giving out such a crap error message. Good tip, saved a lot of frustration. Thanks!

Many thanks to you, Mike, for this brilliant, but alas, so simple a solution.
So much frustration involved, and just confusing suggestions from Microsoft.

(Just curious: How did you find the solution?)

Best regards
TomV.

Thanks Man, You are rocking. The solution was awesome. i spent 6 hours on this. But simply by renaming the file MSMapi.dll solves the problem.



Thanks a lot