Error message when you merge two accounts that are added to an inactive marketing list in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0: "The merge is cancelled, contact your systems administrator and try again"

When you try to merge two accounts that are both added to an inactive marketing list in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, you receive an error message that resembles the following:If you then make the marketing list active, the merge is successful.

This problem is fixed in the latest cumulative update rollup for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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