Article ID: 331938
Article Last Modified on 10/11/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook 2002 Service Pack 2
This article was previously published under Q331938
SYMPTOMS
If you create a contact link in a message that uses the Contacts button, and the contact that you are linking is located in a Contact folder that is in a Public folder, you cannot programmatically retrieve the contact information in the contact link if Outlook 2002 is not running.
RESOLUTION
Service Pack Information
This problem is corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
307841 How to obtain the latest Office XP Service Pack
Hotfix Information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Office XP service pack that contains this hotfix.
To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Size File name ------------------------------------------------ 25-Oct-2002 10:53 4,146,688 Outlook_admin.msp 25-Oct-2002 10:12 2,272,908 Outlook.msp
After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name ----------------------------------------------------------- 19-Sep-2002 21:23 10.0.4517.0 105,032 Envelope.dll 11-Oct-2002 22:14 10.0.4608.0 346,696 Exsec32.dll 09-Aug-2002 03:22 10.0.4406.0 137,800 Impmail.dll 13-Sep-2002 03:52 10.0.4510.0 539,208 Outlcm.dll 24-Oct-2002 18:44 10.0.4622.0 6,314,568 Outllib.dll 13-Sep-2002 03:52 10.0.4510.0 92,744 Outlmime.dll 13-Sep-2002 03:52 10.0.4510.0 47,688 Outlook.exe 09-Aug-2002 03:22 10.0.4406.0 121,416 Outlph.dll
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.
This problem was first corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.
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