How to install Microsoft Windows Messaging on Windows 98.

(Last modified: 02May2002)

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goal

fact

Novell GroupWise 5.0

Novell GroupWise 5.1

Novell GroupWise 5.2

Novell GroupWise 5.5

Novell GroupWise 32-bit Client

Microsoft Windows 98

cause

In a clean install of Microsoft Windows 98 (not over an existing Microsoft Windows 95 installation), the Microsoft Windows Messaging System (MAPI) is not installed. The GroupWise 32 bit client install will auto-detect this fact during install and will attempt to install the MAPI system by accessing the Microsoft Windows 95 CD. However, the MAPI system has been moved to a different location on the Microsoft Windows 98 CD, causing the GroupWise 32 bit client install to fail in its attempt to install MAPI

fix

Manually install the MAPI system from the Microsoft Windows 98 CD

To do so, they must run:, <Microsoft Windows 98 CD>\TOOLS\OLDWIN95\MESSAGE\US\WMS.EXE

This self-extracting executable will install the MAPI subsystem (and will also install MS Exchange Inbox and MS Exchange Post Office)

NOTE: Support Pack 4 for GroupWise 5.2 (when released) will address this problem

In some situations, the MAPI system was installed as described above, the attempt to install GroupWise 5.2 returned a PAGE FAULT error on WMSFR32.DLL.

The GroupWise installation still tried to continue but returned the original error on its attempt to install MAPI

The MAPI32.DLL in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory was found to be only 29KB, so we deleted all MAPI files (MAPI*.*) from the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory and reinstalled MAPI from the <Microsoft Windows 98 CD>\TOOLS\OLDWIN95\MESSAGE\US\WMS.EXE (which installed a MAPI32.DLL that was approximately 700KB). GroupWise then installed without error

document

Document Title:	How to install Microsoft Windows Messaging on Windows 98.
Document ID:	10008775
Solution ID:	1.0.684263.1907382
Creation Date:	02Dec1998
Modified Date:	02May2002
Novell Product Class:	Groupware

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