OL2002: An .exe File Opens Without Warning When You Open a Hyperlink to a Folder in an RTF Message

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This article was previously published under Q320887

SYMPTOMS

When you open a hyperlink to a folder in a Rich Text Format (RTF) message, an .exe file with the same name as the folder may open without a warning. This problem does not occur when you open a hyperlink to a folder in a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) message.

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CAUSE

This problem occurs because the hyperlink points to a folder that contains an .exe file with the same name as the folder.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307841/EN-US/ ) OFFXP: How to Obtain the Latest Office XP Service Pack

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time      Size       File name     
   ----------------------------------------------------
   25-04-2002   17:00:38  2,159,184  Outlook.msp
   25-04-2002   18:24:00  4,016,640  Outlook_Admin.msp

After the fix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:

   Date       Time      Version       Size       File name     
   -----------------------------------------------------------
   29-Nov-2001 01:21:29  10.0.3527.0   47432      Recall.dll
   20-Dec-2001 18:44:00  10.0.3618.0   92488      Outlmime.dll
   23-Jan-2002 00:32:22  10.0.3716.0   342344     Exsec32.dll
   05-Feb-2002 15:14:45  10.0.3729.0   117064     Outlph.dll
   11-Apr-2002 14:40:26  10.0.4009.0   534856     Outlcm.dll
   24-Apr-2002 10:44:47  10.0.4016.0   6306120    Outllib.dll

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Administrative Information

If you are updating an administrative installation with the administration version of this fix, use the following information to update the administrative installation and network clients.

How to Update Administrative Installations

To update an administrative installation use a command line similar to the following

msiexec /a Admin Path\MSI File /p MSP path SHORTFILENAMES=1

where Admin Path is the path to your administrative installation point for Microsoft Office XP (for example, C:\OfficeXP),

where MSI File is the MSI database package for the Office XP product (for example, ProPlus.msi), and

where MSP path is the path to the administrative update for the fix (for example, c:\hotfixfiles\Outlook_admin.msp).

How to Update Network Clients

After you complete the administrative installation of the fix, update each network client. To deploy the update to the client workstations, use a command line similar to the following

msiexec /i Admin Path\MSI File REINSTALL=OUTLOOKFiles,OUTLOOKNonBootFiles REINSTALLMODE=vomus

where Admin Path is the path to your administrative installation point for Office XP (for example, C:\OfficeXP), and

where MSI File is the MSI database package for the Office XP product (for example, ProPlus.msi).

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2).

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