Outlook Express spell check

[Guest]

I have IE6 and OE6 running on a new laptop XP Home. The
spell check in OE6 fails with a message "An error
occurred while the spelling was being checked."
I have tried to download anew from microsoft downloads,
but cannot as "Setup has detected a newer version of
Internet Explorer already installed on the system. Setup
cannot continue"
Can anyone tell me what I do next? All I want is the
spell check - everything else is fine.
Thanks

 

[Kelly]

Go to Start/Run/EXPAND X:\i386\CSAPI3T1.DL_ C:\CSAPI3T1.DLL (Where X is your
CD-Rom drive letter). And then copy it to: Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof

Or download the file here: Replace the Csapi3t1.dll file
http://www.tech-pro.co.uk/howto_010.html

An error occurred while the spelling was being checked.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q224176

Checkpoint: Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools

In the right pane where it reads: SharedFilesDir, verify that it reads:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared under Data.

 

[Si]

Outlook Express uses the spellchecker from MS Word or MS Office so you need
to have one of these installed first. You then need to search on the web for
a file called "csapi3t1.dll" and copy it to the folder "Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof". You might need to restart Windows but the
spell checker should work now.

Cheers.

Si