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My solution to "Managed MAPI service catastophic failur

Noel — Mon May 07, 2007 7:12 am

Author: Noel

Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 7:12 am

Spike, I think that you were lucky. I tried your fix but it did not make any difference. I must have spent about a total of 12 hours searching forums, news groups - and of course, the Microsoft Knowledge Base - when I came across a short comment by Luther in an Outlook forum hosted by Microsoft. He said that uninstalling and reinstalling .NET Framework is the usual solution. In my case, he was absolutely right!

I run Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager. My problems started after I had downloaded recommended updates from the Microsoft Update site. Here is how I solved the problem:

Go to Start - Control Panel - Add/Remove programs. Look for Microsoft .NET Framework. Remove all programs that are Microsoft .NET Framework programs - you may have more than one version installed and you may also have hot fixes or patches.

Once you have removed all traces of Microsoft .NET Framework, place your Business Contact Manager CD-ROM in the drive. It will start automatically. A message will state that you need to install .Net Framework. Click Yes and Microsoft .NET Framework will be reinstalled.

After you have rebooted your PC, try opening Outlook. Your problem should be solved!

managed MAPI service catastrophic failure - solution

Spike — Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:30 am

Author: Spike

Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:30 am

I had the same problem recently, hence how I came to discover this thread, I kept getting the error box with "could not initialise CLR unknown error" in it.

I eventually solved it by trial and error, but it was a simple enough process. I opened the Outlook folder (with the tools / folder options / show hidden files activated) at:

C:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

and replaced the old outcmd.dat file with a fresh one lifted from another (fully functional) outlook from another PC.

Obviously the original had corrupted, and wasn't allowing outlook to start up correctly.

Once I started Outlook again, all was fine, all files and addresses etc were still in tact, and send receive was working too. No more errors.

Hope this solves your problem as easily as it did mine.

Solution

Mel — Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:35 am

Author: Mel

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:35 am

Hay All,

If you got massage �unknown error� and the blue of the top says �managed MAPI service catastrophic failure� when open Outlook Express any version, So i have some ideas for this error.

You update latest Norton Antivirus/AntiSpam program was fixing �managed MAPI service catastrophic failure� problem. Install the update and Start Norton Antivirus/AntiSpam Program update. After finish the Norton Antivirus/AntiSpam updating restart your computer. How to run liveupdate see more detail in www.symantec.com

If solve your problem, you can reply me.

Mel.

Re: managed MAPI service catastrophic failure please help!!!

msimmer — Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:45 am

Author: msimmer

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:45 am

I recently installed a trial version of Outlook 2003 with business contact manager. when the trial period ended I uninstalled it and reinstalled my previous version of Outlook 2000. Now I get this message Managed MAPI Service catastrophic failure. Could not initialize CLR. the system cannot find the file specified. It seems i still have the business contact manager in there somehow creating this. any suggestion how i can get rid of this problem?

Re: managed MAPI service catastrophic failure please help!!!

Solraeus — Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:42 am

Author: Solraeus

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:42 am

Anonymous wrote:

It is an Outlook problem! Delete the 'Business Manager Contacts' data file and you are smooth sailing. It really is as simple as that. It took me 2 weeks to figure this out. I saw some info on the web that the Busines Manager Contacts feature causes probelms, but not

I have the same problem and I don't have Norton, I have McAfee. I looked for this Business Manager Contacts data fil and couldn't find it. I do have Business Manager installed. I did a search on my C drive for "*.BCM" and "*.bcm" but nothing came up. I had "Show all hidden and System files" turned on. Can anyone tell me where to find this file? Or is there anyone else that has found a solution to this problem. By the way when theis Failure message comes up, I click to close it but it comes up again three more time immediately in sequence. Thank you for your help.

Re: managed MAPI service catastrophic failure please help!!!!!!!

Lon — Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:29 pm

Author: Lon

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:29 pm

I deleted the 'Business Manager Contacts' data file and it worked! Thank you very much.

Re: managed MAPI service catastrophic failure please help!!!

canello — Sat Sep 17, 2005 2:16 am

Author: canello

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 2:16 am

Anonymous wrote:

Guest wrote:

For some reason, every thirty minutes or so, I'll have a message that says "unknown error" and the blue at the top says "managed MAPI service catastrophic failure". please tell me what is wrong and how to fix it! Many people have this but don't know how to fix it!!! [/img]

I'm getting the same message and I don't have Symantec,

Anonymous — Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:22 am

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:22 am

I have Mcafee. I get this every time I try and send a file via email, that was converted to a PDF.

I have a brand new Dell and so far their support is null and void.

Thanks

Symantec's web site says run live update

Anonymous — Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:44 pm

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:44 pm

Are you using Outlook 2003.
Symantec's web site says this is a known problem, run live update

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nip.nsf/3897bf24c622c3ef85256eda00456216/05a806a1fbad070b88256f2c005701d9?OpenDocument&prod=Norton%20Internet%20Security&ver=2005&src=sg&pcode=nis&svy=&csm=no[/quote]

Re: managed MAPI service catastrophic failure please help!!!

Anonymous — Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:04 pm

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:04 pm

[quote="Anonymous"]It is an Outlook problem! Delete the 'Business Manager Contacts' data file and you are smooth sailing. It really is as simple as that. It took me 2 weeks to figure this out. I saw some info on the web that the Business Manager Contacts feature causes problems, but not specific to this error message. In my situation, the error DID NOT have anything to do with Norton (Symantec Corporate) on my system.

Re: managed MAPI service catastrophic failure please help!!!

Anonymous — Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:01 pm

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:01 pm

It is an Outlook problem! Delete the 'Business Manager Contacts' data file and you are smooth sailing. It really is as simple as that. It took me 2 weeks to figure this out. I saw some info on the web that the Busines Manager Contacts feature causes probelms, but not

Thanks Jake

Anonymous — Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:09 am

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:09 am

I am going to try this when I get home tonight. I just bought a new Dell Notebook. I've had it less than a week and I am getting this message.

I called Dell Support and they have never even heard of it. They told me to call AOL. ugh!!!

Managed MAPI Catastrophic Failure

Anonymous — Sun Feb 06, 2005 2:27 pm

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 2:27 pm

Quote:

I have the same problem, but I don't even have Norton Anti-Virus! Any other ideas?

catastrophic MAPI failure

Anonymous — Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:36 pm

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:36 pm

OK, cool, that works.

Re: managed MAPI service catastrophic failure please help!!!

Anonymous — Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:04 am

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:04 am

Guest wrote: