Troubleshooting Internet Mail and News Setup (154880)

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You can set up Internet Mail and News by double-clicking the Mailnews.exe file, or by installing the typical (Msie301r.exe) or full (Msie301mnt.exe) release of Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.01. This extracts the Setup files to a temporary folder in your TEMP folder and runs the installation program. The temporary folder is named Mse<xxxx>.tmp, where <xxxx> is a randomly generated number. This folder is deleted when the installation is finished, along with any files that are used only for the installation process.

The following files are added during installation:

   Windows\Help folder:

      Mailnews.cnt    6,675
      Mailnews.hlp    129,243
      Wab.cnt         309
      Wab.hlp         25,558

   Windows\Inf folder:

      Mailnews.inf    16,633

   Windows\System folder:

      Cp_20866.nls    6,824
      Cp_28592.nls    5,416
      Cp_28593.nls    5,448
      Cp_28594.nls    5,448
      Cp_28597.nls    5,320
      Gapia32.dll     83,552
      Htmledit.dll    228,624
      Imnimp.dll      43,152
      Mailnews.dll    1,148,176
      Mailnews.txt    12,929
      Wab32.dll       205,072
      Wabmig.exe      18,944

				

The W95inf16.dll, W95inf32.dll, Advpack.dll, and _isetup.exe files are used only during installation and are deleted along with the temporary folder when installation is finished.

NOTE: In the updated version of Internet Mail and News, the following files are also installed:

   Windows folder:

      Wab.exe         14,768

   Windows\System folder:

      Wldap32.dll     48,208
      Wabfind.dll     10,368
      Wabimp.dll      35,760

   The following files are updated:

      Wabmig.exe      38,864
      Mailnews.txt    12,177
      Mailnews.inf    21,417
      Mailnews.dll    1,190,912
      Imnimp.dll      41,984
      Htmledit.dll    226,816
      Wab32.dll       357,648
      Wab.cnt         1,180
      Wab.hlp         49,167
      Mailnews.cnt    6,542

				

When the file copy process is finished, you may be prompted to restart the computer. During the restart process, the Wininit.ini file is processed to replace files that were in use at the time of installation. The RunOnce registry key is also processed and Grpconv.exe is run to update the shortcuts in the Start menu.

Troubleshooting Setup Problems

Setup may not work correctly if any of the following conditions exist. Use the appropriate troubleshooting steps listed below to determine the cause of the problem.

• You may not have enough free space on your hard disk. Check the location from which you downloaded Internet Mail and News or Internet Explorer for the space requirements.
• The Mailnews.exe file may be damaged or may not have been extracted correctly. To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
  1. Download the file again, choosing to save it to disk.
  2. When the download is complete, double-click the Mailnews.exe file to run the installation again.
• The W95inf16.dll and W95inf32.dll files do not match, or you have multiple versions of these files on your hard disk. To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
  1. Search your drive for these files and rename or delete all that are found.
  2. Double-click the executable file you downloaded to run the installation again.
• You may be running background terminate-and-stay-resident programs (TSRs) or other programs that are causing a problem with the installation. To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
  1. Restart your computer. When you see the "Starting Windows 95" message, press the F5 key to start Windows 95 in Safe mode.
  2. Double-click the executable file you downloaded again to run the installation again.