Outlook 2007 Failed to Initialize

[Ed43]

Has anyone seen this error message when trying to 0pen Outlook 2007
"Business Contact Manager failed to initialize common language run time
error 0X80131700"

I have tried to uninstall and reinstall Office 2007 and Business Contact
Manager at the direction of a Dell Technician all to no avail.

Am running Vista Business operating system on a Dell Vostro 1500 and
Microsoft 2007 Small Business applications package

 

[Olaf]

make sure you have all Updates for as well the OS plus Office 2007 SP1 and
SQL server updates and SPs.

BCM in Outlook is in fact only a front-end to an under-the-hood working SQL
database.

when Outlook 07 originally came out ther were lots of issues on Vista
systems but MS has released a few important updates and after all it should
work as expected.

Best you use Microsoft Update ( every MS product )and not Windows Update (
OS alone )( see settings in controlpanel -> Windows Updates ), this way all
needed stuff should come right to your Desktop

 

[Ed43]

Olaf,

Thanks for the advice. I downloaded every update and or service pack for
Office 2007 and/or Outlook 2007 from the MSN Office website. Nothing has
worked. I still get the same error message.

The Technician from Dell suggested that I reinstall the entire Vista
Business operating system back to the factory installation level. That
certainly seems a bit extreem as a way to get Office Outlook 2007 to
initialize and run.

Ed43
edmond43@msn. om