XCLN: Win95 Registry Entries for MSMail Function Incorrectly (146674)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Exchange Client 4.0
This article was previously published under Q146674 SUMMARY
The Microsoft Mail 3.x extensions to the Microsoft Exchange Windows 95
Client cannot be added to the Windows 95 registry under:
CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Mail
because Windows 95 registry does not support them. When Windows 95 is
installed, these entries are not created and if these extensions are
added to the registry, they will not function correctly.
STATUS
This is by design. Windows 95 will only support registry extensions for
the Microsoft Exchange Clients installed on Windows 95. Windows NT will
allow these registry extensions for both Microsoft Mail 3.x, Windows NT
Mail, and the Microsoft Exchange Windows NT Client.
MORE INFORMATION
The Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 Client will read the Microsoft Mail 3.x
INI file for the extension information. To get Microsoft Mail 3.x extensions
to work in the Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 Client, add them to MSMAIL.INI
or MSMAIL32.INI, not the registry. You should use WritePrivateProfileString()
when adding Microsoft Mail 3.x extension entries for Windows NT, Windows 3.x,
and Windows 95 clients to the MSMAIL(32).INI. The registry settings work
in Windows NT because of Windows NT's IniFileMapping feature, which will read
MSMAIL32.INI to a registry entry.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/17/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbinfo KB146674 |
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