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by sfodm

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I've had to change my minut32.dll driver due to a message on my outlook 97 (for windows 95) - could not send or receive e-mails.
The driver from the CD-ROM didn't correct it, so I went over the Internet and found a driver (in German - but didn't know it until I received a message in German!). Then I replaced that .dll file (in English) with one from a friend.
With that English minut32.dll file, everything worked, but for some reason the 'envelope' would never show "read" after it was opened,it would still show "unread" no matter how I tried to change the icon.
So I replaced the .dll file again and all is fine with any further mail.
But, why won't those previous messages change icons? I don't show that I have___unread messages, it's just that that 'envelope' does not show that it was opened. Any ideas?

Thanks.

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by stillatit

The act of reading changes the icon, but the dll did not do it for you. Try right-clicking a message, changing its status to unread, then changing it back to read.

Good luck.

by sfodm

I did the right click 'thing' and tried to change it's status to 'unread', or even 'read', but that didn't help.

by eric

Have you tried copying the messages to a different folder and changing their status to read? If this works you could probably move the messages back to your inbox or whatever folder they were in.
I also believe there is an inbox repair tool in Outlook97 or somewhere. You might do a search on it in help or on microsofts web site. I "believe" there is...not saying for sure.
It could possibly be something with the registry. Go to microsofts website and download regclean.exe and see if thatmight help your problem. Before running regclean you will want to backup you registry. From the run command type: regedit->file->export. You should run the regclean program two or three times or until the program can no longer find problems to fix. If this isnt a major issue you may not want to mess with the registry, even with using the regclean utility.

by sfodm

Even moving these messages to a different folder and trying to change the appearance of the icon to "unread" does not work. When I right click on them, the menu shows 'unread' which is the icon it is already showing (not 'unread'). Even if I select 'unread' and try to change it, it does not change. Thanks for trying.

by sfodm

I have no problem opening and reading the messages, but I just can't get them to show 'read', with the icon showing an open envelope.

by philando

Try running the outlook inbox repair tool in the accessories folder, if this is not an exchange email system but a stand-alone where the inbox in a .pst file.

by sfodm

The only reason I've rated this unacceptable is because I do not know how to use this. I've tried entering *.pst in the field, but this does not work. I cannot find the 'inbox' by browsing. How would I do this?

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