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Do not enable compatibility mode – this is not needed and will cause problems with any version of Outlook.
Outlook 2002, 2000, 98, and 97 are not supported on Vista. If you choose to install any of these applications you should expect errors and annoyances. The better known problems for Outlook 2000 are listed below but there may be others I'm not aware of. See Outlook on Vista (and Win7) for problems associated with the other versions.
These versions of Outlook are all long out of support and Microsoft will not release patches to fix any problems with these versions. Upgrading is highly recommended, or use the new Vista calendar and mail applications if you are unwilling or unable to upgrade.
With more extensive use, additional issues and workarounds may come to light. If you are using Outlook 2000 for email because you need the calendar, it's probably well worth your time to try the Mail and Calendar applications included with Vista. Windows Mail is more secure than Outlook 2000 and includes anti-spam filtering. The Calendar application supports many of the features found in Outlook 2007's calendar, including calendar sharing and publishing. If you are using Outlook for Word's spell check, Windows Live Mail Desktop supports "spell check as you type".
If you want to keep using Outlook 2000, keep reading.
Internet Mail Only Mode wab.dll Error
Internet Mail Only (IMO) mode will fail due to the missing wab.dll (Windows Address Book). You can try copying the wab.dll to Vista and registering it. While this will end the error, the address book may not function correctly. For more information on this fix, see Hack the WAB.
Corporate / Workgroup Mode
Corporate/Workgroup mode seems to work fine, except the Startup dialog comes up each time you restart Outlook (click Next and work your way through the dialog).
After installing Office 2000:
Use Regedit and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClients
Change the default value for Calendar, Contacts, Mail, and News to "Microsoft Outlook".
In the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClientsMailMicrosoft Outlook entry
add a Type Reg_SZ entry named "MSIComponentID" and give it a value of
"{FF1D0740-D227-11D1-A4B0-006008AF820E}" .
Rob adds: "I had a user that wanted to use the "Send to" option for mail recipient. The fix for that:
From the start menu's search box (at the bottom of the menu) type "shell:sento". This should open a window showing the various sendto options. Place a shortcut to Outlook.exe in this folder and rename it to "Mail Recipient". If there is an original "Mail Recipient" already there then move it somewhere else… "
The shortcut is a good idea for anyone who uses the Send to mail command very much – it honors the default stationery, signature and editor options you set. Rob said they didn't need the switches – if it errors for you with just the outlook.exe in Send to (or to use with other versions), see Send To Revisited for the switches you need to use.
Other Versions of Outlook
Outlook on Vista (and Win7) original page. Covers Outlook 2003, 2002, 98, 97.
Outlook 2003 on Windows 7: see Opening Zip Attachments and Office Assistant requires Microsoft Agent
Published May 14, 2011. Last reviewed on May 8, 2014.
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16 Comments on "Using Outlook 2000 on Windows 7 (or Vista)"
I had to replace my hard drive so Windows 7 then Office 2000. Everything worked great for months. Now I get the error message everyone else is talking about, unable to find WAB DLL. Except I checked registry and it is there. What else is missing?
You really should upgrade to a newer version of office... have you tried the recommendations here - http://www.outlook-tips.net/2011/2791/missing-wab-dll ?
Are you using Internet mode or Corporate? Corporate mode shouldn't have the wab.dll error.
Thanks Diane:
I may well be suffering from "frustration overload". What is your perception of these companies that offer tech support by taking remote control of your machine, and fixing your problem? One guy I talked to suggested he's get me up and running for $150.00.
Comments,
Terry
If it's a trustworthy company, it's ok, but scammers can easily install Trojans and take over your machine or hold it hostage, forcing you to pay out the nose to get your stuff back.
I do remote services using gotomeeting - my fee is a little lower, but by the hour. If interested, see http://www.slipstick.com/help for more information.
POP and POP3 are used interchangeably. You'll select POP3 and put POP.broadband.rogers.com in the incoming mail server field.
Moving the address book is a second step, and no, my book doesn't cover this in depth. It really doesn't cover anything in depth though.
From my XP machine, I've imported/exported my Outlook Express data to Outlook - I have on a Flash drive 2 or 3 .pst files. On my new Win 7 Pro machine, I've tried importing these to Outlook 2000, and Outlook 2007, with NO success. Would I be well-advised to spend the money and buy Outlook 2013? Will this provide a greater chance of successful import?
I've been messing around with this issue for a week or more, and frustration is setting in.
Any/all suggestions will be appreciated.
What happens when you try to Import into Outlook 2007? It's highly unlikely that it will work any better in Outlook 2013, although there is a free trial if you really wanted to try it. Outlook 2000 uses the old ANSI pst format and can't import the new Unicode pst, so i could understand errors if you imported it into Outlook 2007 on the old computer then tried to import it into Outlook 2000 - that will not work.
As for the startup dialog coming up each time, you can solve that by: right-clicking Outlook icon in START MENU, clicking run as administrator, go through the startup prompts, close, re-open to probably MAPI error & force close, all subsequent opens seem to go fine with no startup prompt!