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Outlook 97 Archive Patch

Brief Description
The Outlook® 97 Archive Patch safeguards your Outlook data against potential loss in the event of a power failure during the archiving process.

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Quick Details
File Name:arch97en.exe
Version:97
Knowledge Base (KB) Articles:KB214747
Date Published:5/14/1999
Language:English
Download Size:3.7 MB
Estimated Download Time: 10 min 56K

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Overview

The patch is designed to work with version 8.01 or later of Outlook® 97. It will not work on Outlook 97 version 8.0. To determine which version of Outlook 97 you are using, on the Help menu, select About Microsoft Outlook.


Microsoft recently learned of an archive fidelity issue in Outlook 97 that involves potential data loss during the archive process. The problem is that during the archive process, there is a small window of time when archival information is only in memory before being written to the archive personal store (PST) file. If a computer failure occurs at this exact time, the items that are in memory are lost. So, if you are archiving information in Outlook and a power failure occurs, for example, you might notice that when you restart Outlook you cannot find some of the information you were archiving.


The patch will change the archive mechanism to ensure that the archived items are fully written to disk before deleting them from the source folder. After the fix is applied, there will be no risk of data loss should a crash occur in the middle of the archive process. This problem is corrected in future versions of Outlook.


This patch is for the Outlook 97 English language version. Versions of the patch for other languages will be available at a later time.


For additional information on this patch, please read OL97: Computer Failure May Affect Archive Fidelity.

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 95; Windows 98; Windows NT
  • This download works with the following Office applications:
    • Outlook 97

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Instructions



To install this download

  1. You may want to print this page to use as a reference when you are offline.
  2. Download the file from this page by clicking the Download link above and following the instructions in the dialog boxes.
  3. You must exit Outlook 97 before installing this patch.
  4. If you are installing the Outlook 97 Archive Patch on a Windows NT® Server machine, you must have administrator rights for the patch to install correctly. For more information read OL97: Computer Failure May Affect Archive Fidelity.
  5. Double-click the Arch97en.exe program file on your hard disk to start the setup program.
  6. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.


Instructions for use:

Once installation is complete, Outlook will be updated.

To remove this download:

This patch cannot be uninstalled.

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