Microsoft KB Archive/297161

= OL2000: Invalid Parameter Error Message When You Post an Item with an Attachment =

Article ID: 297161

Article Last Modified on 10/9/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q297161



SYMPTOMS
If you add an attachment to a posted discussion item and use the Revise Contents command to repost it, you may receive the following error message when you try to open the attachment:

The operation failed.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the Revise Contents command creates a new message object and copies the original data to this object.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack

The Japanese-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date          Size       File name         Platform --  24-May-2001   7,753,728  Outlook_admin.msp Admin Patch 24-May-2001  2,633,728  Outlook.msp       Client Patch After you install the fix, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:   Date        Time    Version      Size     File name 05-Oct-2000 19:06 1.0.3.27       41,472  Bjablr32.dll 27-Apr-2000 15:26 3.2.0.26       49,152  Bjlog32.dll 05-Oct-2000 19:06 1.0.3.27       93,184  Bjsrch32.dll 19-Jun-2000 15:01 5.5.2652.65   713,488  Cdo.dll 19-Jun-2000 14:17 5.5.2652.65   805,648  Cdo.dll_0004 15-Nov-2000 23:29 9.0.0.4715    131,122  Contab32.dll_0002 14-Jun-2000 13:14 1.0.3.27      183,808  Emablt32.dll 05-Sep-2000 11:00 5.5.3142.0    154,112  Emsabp32.dll_0005 28-Sep-2000 18:33 5.5.3144.0    594,192  Emsmdb32.dll_0005 05-Sep-2000 11:00 5.5.3141.0    131,344  Emsui32.dll_0005 02-Jun-2000 06:45 9.0.0.4201     86,067  Envelope.dll 21-Nov-2000 15:25 5.5.3147.0    540,944  Exsec32.dll_0005 05-Apr-2000 15:02 9.0.0.4005    192,561  Mimedir.dll 05-Oct-2000 17:58 5.5.3145.0    792,576  Msmapi32.dll_0001 05-Oct-2000 17:53 5.5.3145.0    623,104  Msmapi32.dll_0002 03-Aug-2000 16:09 5.5.3138.0    602,384  Mspst32.dll_0004 03-Aug-2000 16:16 5.5.3138.0    528,656  Mspst32.dll_0005 31-Jan-2000 21:26 9.0.0.3731    196,661  Oladd.fae 01-Jun-2000 05:07               254,827  Olexchng.aw   12-Jun-2000 05:05                 27,421  Olsec9.chm 01-Jun-2000 06:08               174,439  Olxchng9.chm 02-Jun-2000 14:06 5.5.3134.0    454,144  Omi9.dll_0001 02-Jun-2000 14:07 5.5.3134.0    548,352  Omint.dll_0001 21-Nov-2000 17:05               129,024  Out2ksec.mst 29-Jan-2001 17:29 8.30.3151.0   782,608  Outex.dll 02-Jun-2000 04:00               891,656  Outlhlp.aw_0001 21-May-2001 13:53 9.0.0.5318  5,328,946  Outllib.dll 18-May-2001 21:24 9.0.0.5318  1,695,794  Outllibr.dll 28-Sep-2000 18:33 9.0.4525.0    368,691  Pstprx32.dll_0002 07-Jul-2000 14:41 9.0.0.4307     73,772  Rm.dll 02-Jun-2000 07:30 9.0.0.4201     65,586  Sendto9.dll



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do not use the Revise Contents command, or do not attach a file if you use the Revise Contents command.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3).

Keywords: kberrmsg kbbug kbfix kboffice2000sp3fix kboffice2000presp3fix KB297161

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