Outlook 2003 and Word 2003 problem

[matthew]

Just wanted to let you guys know that you were a HUGE help. I'd been
searching for an answer to this problem for awhile and I was stumped
until I stumbled onto your forum.

Regsvr32.exe %Windir%\System32\Ole32.dll

That was all it took.

Thanks!!!!!!

 

[c.kindle]

I can't thank you people enough for all your hard work, it really took
a while to find someone with the solution!

Thanks a million!

 

[ByteTraveler]

Wow! Just gotta say that you guys and this thread saved my life!

Three machines, all running XP/Pro SP2 fine for more than a year. N
problems until I ran OfficeUpdate to bring all three up to Office SP2.

All three machines instantly began the behaviour described her
(Outlook complaining that Word was the wrong version, yada, yada
yada).

Uninstalled, reinstalled, detected & repaired... Nothing.

All three appeard to be "killed" by the Office SP2 update.

Then, I read here the regsvr32 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\OLE32.DLL trick, an
presto!!! It fixed all the machine.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

I only wish I'd read this thread before wasting more than five hours

 

[Owner]

This issue has been driving me nuts with Outlook (Office 2003) and the
reg fix didn't work for me. When I hit "new" when composing a new e-
mail, I get (the below; for which I have done all of the fixes). I
checked the version of the OLE32.dll file and it appears that this may
be the problem. The file properties show: 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2
_rtm.040803-2158). I was formerly using OfficeXP but after a format,
installed Office 2003. So, the question is: How does one replace the XP
..dll with a 2003 OLE.dll? Haven't seen that issue here and would
appreciate a solution.

Thanx.

This error message may appear if:
You have Word configured as your e-mail editor and Word is no longer
present on the computer.
The form is corrupt.
Word has faulted.
You are running a version of Word that does not support e-mail editing.
This can also occur if Microsoft Office Outlook was started in Safe mode
(achieved by pressing and holding the CTRL key while starting Outlook).
To work around this problem:
Start Outlook in normal mode.
-Or-
Configure Outlook to use the Outlook editor as the e-mail editor.
1. On the Outlook Tools menu, click Options.
2. On the Mail Format tab, set Use Microsoft Office Word to edit e-
mail messages to unchecked and click OK.
-Or-
Reset Word (reboot may be needed or Detect and Repair should be run).
-Or-Reinstall Word-Or-Upgrade Word.

 

[norman881]

I just had the same problem pop up this week. Lucky for me that I
found this thread.

Thanks!

Norman

 

[drusemark]

We also had the same error message, but none of the above fixed it.
However, when we re-installed Outlook Express that fixed the problem.
(We had not wanted the users to accidently try to use OE. The problem
did not show up until Office Word 2003 SP2).