Gapi32 ??? Trouble

[Guest]

I have XP Home. I use Norton Utilities 2002. Their WinDoctor
tells me that I'm missing a file called "gapi32.dll" It says that
MAPISRVR.EXE (in the System32 folder) wants it.

What's gapi32.dll about?
What should I do?


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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Error Message: <Systemroot>\System32\Mapisrvr.exe Cannot
Access a Necessary File, "Gapi32.dll"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320550

WinDoctor cannot fix the error "'C:\WINNT\System32\MAPISRVR.EXE'
cannot access a necessary file 'Gapi32.dll'"
http://service4.symantec.com/SUPPOR...7607b31f7355c0e2882569c4004da492?OpenDocument

The gapi32.dll file can be found on your Microsoft Office
installation CD.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| I have XP Home. I use Norton Utilities 2002. Their WinDoctor
| tells me that I'm missing a file called "gapi32.dll" It says that
| MAPISRVR.EXE (in the System32 folder) wants it.
|
| What's gapi32.dll about?
| What should I do?
|
|
| <*((((><{

 

[Guest]

Thank you for such a quick and handy reply!

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On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 07:47:41 -0500, "Carey Frisch [MVP]"

|Error Message: <Systemroot>\System32\Mapisrvr.exe Cannot
|Access a Necessary File, "Gapi32.dll"
|http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320550
|
|WinDoctor cannot fix the error "'C:\WINNT\System32\MAPISRVR.EXE'
|cannot access a necessary file 'Gapi32.dll'"
|http://service4.symantec.com/SUPPOR...7607b31f7355c0e2882569c4004da492?OpenDocument
|
|The gapi32.dll file can be found on your Microsoft Office
|installation CD.

 

[Guest]

But how do I get it off the CD to copy onto my hard drive? Those CD
files are all compacted and encoded and such.

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On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 07:47:41 -0500, "Carey Frisch [MVP]"

|Error Message: <Systemroot>\System32\Mapisrvr.exe Cannot
|Access a Necessary File, "Gapi32.dll"
|http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320550
|
|WinDoctor cannot fix the error "'C:\WINNT\System32\MAPISRVR.EXE'
|cannot access a necessary file 'Gapi32.dll'"
|http://service4.symantec.com/SUPPOR...7607b31f7355c0e2882569c4004da492?OpenDocument
|
|The gapi32.dll file can be found on your Microsoft Office
|installation CD.

 

[francis gerard]

I have XP Home. I use Norton Utilities 2002. Their WinDoctor
tells me that I'm missing a file called "gapi32.dll" It says that
MAPISRVR.EXE (in the System32 folder) wants it.

What's gapi32.dll about?
What should I do?

this is a known issue in NSW 2003 and earlier

at the command-line, enter the following (exactly as shown):

C:\fsutil hardlink create C:\Windows\System32\gapi32.dll "C:\Program
Files\Common Files\System\Mapi\1033\NT\gapi32.dll"

note - the line above is wrapped for readability, but type the entire thing
on ONE line, the "quotes" are required. a report will NOT be generated if
you've entered the command correctly, else you may see '... not recognized
as internal or external command' if you've entered the above line
incorrectly

assuming you've successfully created a hardlink to gapi32.dll, then re-run
windoctor, the error should no longer be reported

tip - you could also copy the original gapi32.dll file to the
\windows\system32 directory, but the advantage to creating a hardlink (as
shown above) is that you won't have duplicate gapi32.dll files in different
directories on your system and more importantly, if the original gapi32.dll
file gets updated, the hardlink will point to the correct, updated library
(gapi32.dll) file.