Microsoft KB Archive/172046

= XCLN: ODK: Patch for Outlook Deployment Kit on April Select CD-ROM =

Article ID: 172046

Article Last Modified on 8/15/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Deployment Kit
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q172046



SUMMARY
Microsoft Outlook 98 client installations that are created with the Outlook 98 Deployment Kit that is included with the April 1, 1998 Select CD-ROM do not respond correctly to registration as the default mail client. Mailto: URLs and the Microsoft Internet Explorer Mail button may not function properly. This is the result of an error in the Stdprf.inf file. The Odkupd.exe file automatically fixes this error.



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The following is the Readme.txt file for the Odkupd.exe file. This file automatically fixes the error in the Stdprf.inf file in the Outlook Deployment Kit found on the April Select CD-ROM. You can obtain this Readme.txt file by downloading Olodkupd.exe from the Microsoft Download Center and by extracting its contents.

 Microsoft Outlook 98 README for Odkupd.exe March 1998 (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1998

INTRODUCTION

This utility is designed to correct an error in the Stdprf.inf file in  the Outlook Deployment Kit, found on the April Select CD-ROM. It should   not be used in any other version of the Outlook Deployment Kit.

The Olodkupd.exe file contains the following files:

Odkupd.exe  The patch that corrects the error in the Stdprf.inf file Readme.txt  Information about the patch and instructions for manually correcting the error

SYMPTOMS Outlook 98 client installations created with the Outlook 98 Deployment Kit that shipped with the April 1, 1998 Select CD-ROM will fail to    correctly register as the default mail client. Mailto: URLs and Internet Explorer's "Mail" button will not function properly.

This is a result of a single, missing quotation in two copies of the Outlook 98 Deployment Kit file Stdprf.inf. If the Created Date = March 12, 1998 of either of the Stdprf.inf files on your computer, select one of the methods below to correct the problem.

Method 1

To correct this problem automatically, run Odkupd.exe. It replaces both copies of the Stdprf.inf file.

Method 2

To correct this problem manually, follow the steps below.

NOTE: You must do this before you use the Outlook Deployment Kit. If you already deployed an Outlook 98 Client installation, you must rebuild it.

1. Locate both copies of Stdprf.inf. The default locations are:

\Program Files\ODK\olbin\

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\Program Files\ODK\olbin\en\optional\

2. Open each file in a text editor, such as Notepad.

3. Locate the following line:

Q=""

Replace that line with:

Q="""

4. Save and close the file.

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