PC Win: Problems with CONVERT.EXE when Upgrading Folders (124041)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Mail for Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Mail for Windows 3.0b
This article was previously published under Q124041 SYMPTOMS
You can use CONVERT.EXE to convert your Microsoft Mail for MS-DOS client
folders to Microsoft Mail for Windows client folders. Under certain
circumstances, this conversion will halt before completing. The folders
that are converted appear to be corrupt. Using the FIXFLD.EXE utility does
not fix the corruption.
CAUSE
This problem is caused by the Owner field of certain records in the user's
IDX file (which is a textized hexadecimal number) containing lowercase
hexadecimal digits. CONVERT.EXE in version 3.0 and 3.0b of Microsoft Mail
for Windows assumes the hexadecimal numbers are all uppercase.
RESOLUTION
The fix is to force the Owner field to uppercase before converting it to
binary. This fix was incorporated in a new version of CONVERT.EXE released
with Microsoft Mail for PC Networks version 3.2.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in earlier versions of
CONVERT.EXE. Microsoft Mail version 3.2 incorporates the change.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/23/2003 |
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| Keywords: | KB124041 |
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