OL2000: (CW) Outlook Stops Responding After Opening Word RTF E-mail Message (222359)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2000

This article was previously published under Q222359
NOTE: The procedures in this article only apply if you have installed Outlook with the Corporate or Workgroup option. With this option, you can use Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) services. To determine your installation type, click About Microsoft Outlook on the Help menu. If you have the Corporate or Workgroup installation, you see "Corporate or Workgroup".

SYMPTOMS

When you receive a Rich Text formatted message created with Microsoft Word as the e-mail editor, your system may stop responding, or system response may be slow until you force Outlook.exe to shut down in the Task Manager.

CAUSE

This problem occurs with messages that contain an OCX control embedded inside a table, under the following conditions:
  • You are using Outlook in Corporate or Workgroup (CW) configuration.
  • You copy an HTML page that contains a table with an embedded OCX control.
  • You create a new Rich Text formatted message using Word as your e-mail editor.
  • You paste the HTML page into the new message.
  • You send the message and the recipient opens the message.

RESOLUTION

To avoid this problem, use HTML as your e-mail format when pasting HTML pages into new Word e-mail messages.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/29/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbnofix KB222359