OFF95: Post To Exchange Folder Command Fails

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client, version 4.0
• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Project for Windows 95, version 4.1

SYMPTOMS

In an Office document, when you click Post To Exchange Folder on the File menu, any of the following messages may appear:

• <Program> was unable to post your document.
• General Microsoft Exchange failure. Check your Exchange installation and try again.
• No shortcuts to public Microsoft Exchange folders were found.
• Cannot find the folder called "Public Shortcuts Folder." Please connect to a Microsoft Exchange server to create this folder.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, manually copy the document to the Microsoft Exchange folder.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft Exchange client that is included in Microsoft Windows 95. A workaround for this problem is included in Office versions 7.0a and 7.0b. If you are using Microsoft Project, a correction for this problem is included in Microsoft Project for Windows 95 version 4.1a