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Answer posted by ross_aveling:
Make sure that your Office 97 installation is up-to-date by installing Office 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1) first and then applying Office 97 Service Release 2b (SR-2b).
Also, does Outlook always crash from a completely clean installation or once you have set it up with your email accounts/message store? I only ask becuase I've seen Outlook fall over before when it attempts to access a corrupt .PST message file. If this may be the case, you can run scanpst.exe (search for it under 'Program files') and allow it to perform a quick scan on your .PST file; any problems will be corrected.
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laticsdb1
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 2005-08-12 05:30:21
I have installed Office 97 on a Windows XP machine. All programs work OK except Outlook 97. It does not start. The error message is "outlook.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close".
I have tried to open Outlook 97 with the administrator account and get the same problem. I also have another windows XP machine and get the same fault.
I don't want to upgrade as the rest of the office use 97. Does anyone know how to get outlook working on XP?
Thanks in advance.
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ross_aveling
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2005-08-12 08:18:02
Office 97 should have no problems running on XP.
Perform a Repair installation from the original install CD.
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laticsdb1
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2005-08-15 04:56:29
Hi Ross.
I have tried a re-install from the original CD with no success. I have also completely removed and re-installed using the administrators account with no joy.
Any other suggestions?
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ross_aveling
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2005-08-15 06:46:19
Make sure that your Office 97 installation is up-to-date by installing Office 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1) first and then applying Office 97 Service Release 2b (SR-2b).
Also, does Outlook always crash from a completely clean installation or once you have set it up with your email accounts/message store? I only ask becuase I've seen Outlook fall over before when it attempts to access a corrupt .PST message file. If this may be the case, you can run scanpst.exe (search for it under 'Program files') and allow it to perform a quick scan on your .PST file; any problems will be corrected.
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laticsdb1
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2005-08-15 10:27:12
Thanks Ross.
I tried the scanpst.exe program and that did not work. However, I had copied my previous "outlook.pst" file over to the new PC. I removed this file and re-installed outlook. Outlook worked OK. I then imported the required items from my original outlook.pst file. Everything works OK.
Thanks again for all your help.
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