Microsoft KB Archive/195098

= PRB: Installing Outlook 98 Might Cause DAO Applications to Fail =

Article ID: 195098

Article Last Modified on 8/11/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 3
 * Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q195098



SYMPTOMS
DAO programs that rely on the functionality of DAO versions greater than 3.50.3428 might not function correctly after you perform a full install of Outlook 98. For example, if a Visual Basic version 5.0 or 6.0 applications, or Visual C++ version 5.0 or 6.0 applications use DAO and Outlook 98 is installed, the DAO application might fail to function properly.



CAUSE
Outlook 98 incorrectly installs DAO. It places an older version (3.50.3428) of DAO in the \Windows\System directory and registers DAO to use it. The newer version that was installed in the \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO directory is left untouched, but the registry settings for DAO map to the older version.



RESOLUTION
On the Start menu, select Run and type in the following command:

regsvr32 C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO\DAO350.DLL

This restores the registry settings for DAO so that the newer DAO components (the files in the Microsoft Shared\DAO folder) are used.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Outlook 98.

(c) Microsoft Corporation 1998, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Richard T. Edwards, Microsoft Corporation

Keywords: kbprb KB195098

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