I have been running Office 2003 on an XP system for some time. I have also
been running Visio 2007. In looking to re-claim some disk space, I
uninstalled Visio 2007 which caused a mis-match for MAPI32.DLL when trying to
open an O2003 application.

Since I am a dumb *H@# and can't locate my O2003 install disks, I can't find
out how to repair the mis-matched dll file by using the Detect and Repair
function.

I downloaded and tried to install O2007 but Outlook 200 didn't install
because Outlook 2003 is still installed because I don't want to lose all old
emails and contacts.

Can someone please tell me where to find out how to fix my problem?

Thanks

You won't lose your old emails and contacts with the upgrade. Follow
Gordon's instructions and you should be able to install just fine.

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook.html
Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazon

"Dave L" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A0FB67B2-76F1-4B13-A7D4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have been running Office 2003 on an XP system for some time. I have
> also
> been running Visio 2007. In looking to re-claim some disk space, I
> uninstalled Visio 2007 which caused a mis-match for MAPI32.DLL when trying
> to
> open an O2003 application.
>
> Since I am a dumb *H@# and can't locate my O2003 install disks, I can't
> find
> out how to repair the mis-matched dll file by using the Detect and Repair
> function.
>
> I downloaded and tried to install O2007 but Outlook 200 didn't install
> because Outlook 2003 is still installed because I don't want to lose all
> old
> emails and contacts.
>
> Can someone please tell me where to find out how to fix my problem?
>
> Thanks

"Dave L" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A0FB67B2-76F1-4B13-A7D4-(E-Mail Removed)...

>I have been running Office 2003 on an XP system for some time. I have also
> been running Visio 2007. In looking to re-claim some disk space, I
> uninstalled Visio 2007 which caused a mis-match for MAPI32.DLL when trying
> to
> open an O2003 application.
>
> Since I am a dumb *H@# and can't locate my O2003 install disks, I can't find
> out how to repair the mis-matched dll file by using the Detect and Repair
> function.

Rename the MAPI32.DLL file to, say, MAPI32.OLD, then run any Office 2003
application and click Help>Detect and Repair.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Dave L" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A0FB67B2-76F1-4B13-A7D4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have been running Office 2003 on an XP system for some time. I have
> also
> been running Visio 2007. In looking to re-claim some disk space, I
> uninstalled Visio 2007 which caused a mis-match for MAPI32.DLL when trying
> to
> open an O2003 application.
>
> Since I am a dumb *H@# and can't locate my O2003 install disks, I can't
> find
> out how to repair the mis-matched dll file by using the Detect and Repair
> function.
>
> I downloaded and tried to install O2007 but Outlook 200 didn't install
> because Outlook 2003 is still installed because I don't want to lose all
> old
> emails and contacts.
>
> Can someone please tell me where to find out how to fix my problem?
>
> Thanks

Firstly, uninstalling Outlook does NOT (under normal circumstances) affect
any data, although it's prudent to make a backup anyway.
Secondly, AFAIK (I may be wrong), the install of Office 2003 puts a folder
called MSOCache on your system for exactly this purpose - so you don't need
the disks to make a repair.

Duh - 'Gordon's instructions?" What does that mean, Ben?

Dave

"Ben M. Schorr, MVP" wrote:

> You won't lose your old emails and contacts with the upgrade. Follow
> Gordon's instructions and you should be able to install just fine.
>
> --
> -Ben-
> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
> Roland Schorr & Tower
> http://www.rolandschorr.com
> http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook.html
> Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
> http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazon
>
> "Dave L" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:A0FB67B2-76F1-4B13-A7D4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have been running Office 2003 on an XP system for some time. I have
> > also
> > been running Visio 2007. In looking to re-claim some disk space, I
> > uninstalled Visio 2007 which caused a mis-match for MAPI32.DLL when trying
> > to
> > open an O2003 application.
> >
> > Since I am a dumb *H@# and can't locate my O2003 install disks, I can't
> > find
> > out how to repair the mis-matched dll file by using the Detect and Repair
> > function.
> >
> > I downloaded and tried to install O2007 but Outlook 200 didn't install
> > because Outlook 2003 is still installed because I don't want to lose all
> > old
> > emails and contacts.
> >
> > Can someone please tell me where to find out how to fix my problem?
> >
> > Thanks
>

"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Secondly, AFAIK (I may be wrong), the install of Office 2003 puts a folder
> called MSOCache on your system for exactly this purpose - so you don't need
> the disks to make a repair.

Unless the person installing disabled that option.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Brian - I tried that, but can't run any office 2003 applications...


>
> Rename the MAPI32.DLL file to, say, MAPI32.OLD, then run any Office 2003
> application and click Help>Detect and Repair.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
> .
>

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>> Secondly, AFAIK (I may be wrong), the install of Office 2003 puts a
>> folder called MSOCache on your system for exactly this purpose - so you
>> don't need the disks to make a repair.
>
> Unless the person installing disabled that option.

True but I've found that most people just nod the defaults through when
installing...