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Description of the Outlook 2010 Junk Email Filter update: May 14, 2013

Article ID: 982726 - View products that this article applies to.

INTRODUCTION

This update provides the Junk Email Filter in Microsoft Outlook 2010 with a more current definition of those characteristics that define certain email messages as junk email. This update was released on May 14, 2013.

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Installation details

How to obtain and install the update

32-bit package

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

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Download the update package now.

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=c222ec6a-cfb4-4256-affb-c9d64d844925)

64-bit package

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

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Download the update package now.

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6b892ffc-79bb-4f74-94fa-e066b78dc8fe)

Restart information

You do not have to restart the computer after you install this update.

How to determine whether the update is installed

To determine the update is installed on the computer, follow these steps, as appropriate for the operating system that you are running.

Windows 7

Click Start
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, type appwiz.cpl in the Search programs and files box, and then press Enter.
Click View installed updates.
In the list of updates, locate update 982726.
If update 982726 is in the list of updates, the update is installed successfully on the computer.

Note To uninstall this update, locate and click update 982726, and then click Uninstall.

Video: How to determine whether an update is installed in Windows 7

Windows Vista

Click Start
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, type appwiz.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press Enter.
Click View installed updates.
In the list of updates, locate update 982726.
If update 982726 is in the list of updates, the update is installed successfully on the computer.

Note To uninstall this update, locate and click update 982726, and then click Uninstall.

Windows XP

Click Start, and then click Run.
Type appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.
Click to select the Show updates check box.
In the list of updates, locate update 982726.
If update 982726 is in the list of updates, the update is installed successfully on the computer.

Note To uninstall this update, locate and click update 982726, and then click Remove.

File Information

This update contains files that have the versions that are listed in the following table.

32-bit

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File name	File version	File size	Date	Time
Outlfltr.dat	14.0.12325.607	3,610,856	15-Apr-13	17:25

64-bit

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File name	File version	File size	Date	Time
Outlfltr.dat	14.0.12325.607	3,610,856	15-Apr-13	17:25

Known issues

Windows Update may return error code 646 or error code 0x80070646. This results from updates not being installed successfully from Microsoft Update or through a manual install by using the /quiet and /passive flags.

For more information about how to resolve this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2258121 Error code "0x80070646," "646," or "1606" when you try to install Office updates

You may also encounter the following issues when you try to install this update:

The update installation fails
The system keeps reminding you to install this update although you already installed it
The desktop does not load

If you encounter any of these issues, try the following methods.

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Information for administrators about .msp files

This update consists of a full-file Microsoft Windows Installer (.msp) file. The .msp file is packaged in a self-extracting executable file. The following .msp file is distributed in this update:

Outlfltr.msp

Information for administrators about how to reinstall specific components

If you update your administrative installation point, and then you recache and reinstall Outlook 2010 on client computers, you can run a command-line command that includes the REINSTALL=[ list of features ] property. This property specifies whether you want to reinstall specific components of Outlook 2010 from the administrative image.
For this update, the value for the REINSTALL=[ list of features ] property is as follows:

OUTLOOKFiles

Or, you can substitute the REINSTALL=ALL parameter to reinstall all Microsoft Office components on the client computer.
For more information about the policy for how e-mail is filtered by the junk e-mail filters in Outlook or in Exchange Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Description of the policy for how e-mail is filtered by the junk e-mail filters in Outlook or in Exchange Server

The Office System TechCenter contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Office. For more information about the Office System TechCenter, visit the following Microsoft website:

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