Microsoft Outlook may crash when you open, close, reply to, or forward e-mail messages in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 client for Outlook

When you open, close, reply to, or forward e-mail messages in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 client for Microsoft Office Outlook, Microsoft Outlook may crash. This problem occurs if you try to process many e-mail messages at the same time. For example, Outlook may crash if you open or close 20 e-mail messages at the same time.

To have us fix this problem for you, go to the "Fix it for me" section. If you would rather fix this problem yourself, go to the "Let me fix it myself" section.

To fix this problem automatically, click the Fix this problem link. Then click Run in the File Download dialog box, and follow the steps in this wizard.



Note This wizard may be in English only; however, the automatic fix also works for other language versions of Windows.

Note If you are not on the computer that has the problem, you can save the automatic fix to a flash drive or to a CD, and then you can run it on the computer that has the problem.

Important Note: Running this wizard will remove the following registry keys from your computer:

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM client for Microsoft Office Outlook

Microsoft Dynamics CRM client for Microsoft Office Outlook Compatibility Update

Installation information

Install this hotfix on computers that are running the Microsoft Dynamics CRM client for Microsoft Office Outlook components.

Prerequisites

You must have Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 installed to apply this hotfix.
Additionally, you must have Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 installed to apply this hotfix.
For more information about Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Restart requirement

If you are prompted to restart the computer, you must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Removal information

To remove this hotfix from a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000, use Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. System administrators can use the Spuninst.exe tool to remove this hotfix from a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000.

The Spuninst.exe tool is located in the %Windir%\$NTUninstallKB951697$\Spuninst folder. 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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