135681 - Mozilla replaces c:\windows\system\mapi32.dll and disables Corel address book.

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 109362

(MailNews Core :: Simple MAPI, defect)

Description

[Ray]

Mozilla 0.9.9 build 2002031104

System is Win 98 SE

Corel Word Perfect Suite 8.0 is also installed.  This program depends upon the file 
mapi32.dll being in c:\windows\system.  When I open Tasks - Mail & Newsgroups in
the Mozilla browser, a window is displayed asking if I want Mozilla to be the
default mail application.  If I answer Yes, the already existing mapi32.dll file
in c:\windows\system, some 707 kB in size, is replaced by a file of the same
name, 5 kB in size, and then when I try to run the Corel Word Perfect Suite 8.0
address book, it gives me a message saying the address book cannot be opened,
and that there is either an incorrect version of mapi32.dll or a set of
incorrect registry entries.  I have learned to save the old version of
mapi32.dll and replace it, which permits me to re-enable the Corel address book.
 This behavior can be completely avoided if I answer "no" to the Mozilla default
mail application dialog box, and mail still works, so I have an effective
workaround, but I am sure you don't want your product arbitrarily shutting down
other applications by replacing system files.  It is worth mentioning that this
happened both with the previous build of Mozilla that I was using and the
above-captioned one, but it only happens on one computer.  Another computer that
I have running both programs does not exhibit this behavior.

Comment 1

[David :Bienvenu]

not a mail database issue - this is  mapi issue - the closest component I can
see is mail composition...

Comment 2

[Alfonso Martinez]

-> simple mapi.

Comment 3

[Alfonso Martinez]

ops, didn't reassing bug to match the new component. Sorry.
I think that this has been fixed since 0.9.9, but I don't know for sure.

Comment 4

[David :Bienvenu]

thanks for fixing component - I looked for MAPI, not Simple MAPI :-(

Comment 5

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 109362 ***

Comment 6

[Trix Supremo]

verifying dupe