MAPI32.DLL corrupt in Vista

[ingmar]

I have a brand new Acer with preloaded testversion of Office 2007 which i do
not want. Bought Office 2003. Tried to uninstall 2007 before engaging it.
Then installed 2003. Outlook does not open with the usual box: mapi32.dll is
corrupt or used by another .... I don´t know how many items to uninstall
to get rid of Uff 2007, is SQLserver 2005 on of them? How handle in Vista to
access and repair mapi?

 

[DL]

Sounds like you failed to uninstall the trial
Recover your PC to factory spec, then uninstall the trial version before you
do anything else

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Might try renaming/deleting the MAPI32 dll files at \program files\common
files\system\msmapi\<LangID>. Once you rename/delete, do a detect/repair of
Office 2003 and it should bring in the right versions of MAPI.

Note: Known issue that an uninstall of Office 2007 leaves behind the
MAPI32.DLL file. Office/Outlook 2003 install can't overwrite it.