firefoxed

[expat]

whenever I run firefox it overwrites MAPI32.dll with a new copy that prevents my MS Outlook from opening.

Can AtW please pop up to explain to non-IT professionals why this is a Good Thing

("shouldn't use Outlook anyway" doesn't count, too easy. And I have a reason for using it).

[snaw]

Hmm I use firefox, and outlook (On three machines in total including at work), and I don't have that problem ...

[xoggoth]

Would it help to copy the old version into the MS Express Program files/directory? Think apps use dlls in own app directory if present rather than looking in Windows system. Not entirely sure tho you won't have to fart around with regedit.

[expat]

foxed

It sure does happen to me. I suppose it depends on versions of things, but it seems to be a not uncommon problem, judging from a read on the web, which is how I found out what the problem was.

[expat]

MAPI32.dll

good suggestion xog.

In this case it doesn't really matter to me: my reason for having Outlook on the PC is to be able to try things out before telling other people how to do it: so I can just apply MS fix # 1 (if a file doesn't work, just delete it), do my test, then get back to normal.

But I don't regard it as ready-for-prime-time that firefox does this: if it were Outlook or IE that consistently screwed up firefox, the complaints would be loud.

[AtW]

bug

Can AtW please pop up to explain to non-IT professionals why this is a Good Thing

Its a bug - report it and it will get fixed. Make sure you report versions of OS and Outlook -- at my ex-work I had Firefox v1.0 (and pre-release) on Win2k + Outlook 2000 (not express) and all worked fine.

Right now I totally switched away from Outlook Express as Thunderbird is a better mail client, perhaps not as feature rich as Outlook (calendar, meeting rooms), but for home use its better (nice anti spam filter).