OL97: How to Choose the Installation Directory for IMEP

• Microsoft Outlook 97

SUMMARY

By default, you have no control over the folder into which the Internet Mail Enhancement Patch for Microsoft Outlook 97 (IMEP) is installed. Should you need to do so, this article describes how to designate the folder into which the IMEP files will be installed.

MORE INFORMATION

You can install the IMEP either by downloading the Outlimep.exe file to your computer and double-clicking it, or by installing it directly from the Web. In either case, you have no control over the installation folder. To choose the folder the IMEP is installed use the -c command-line switch.

Installing the IMEP to a Specific Folder

There are two steps to installing the IMEP to a specific folder.

• Download the Outlimep.exe to your hard drive.
• Create a shortcut to the Outlimep.exe file.

1. On the Help menu, point to "Microsoft on the Web" and then click Free Stuff.

2. Click the link, "Internet Mail Enhancement Patch Final Release."

3. In the Internet Explorer dialog box, under "What would you like to do with this file?" click to select "Save it to disk."

4. In the Save As dialog box, select the folder where you want to save the Outlimep.exe file.

1. Right-click the Outlimep.exe file, and on the shortcut menu, click to select, Create Shortcut.

2. Right-click the shortcut and on the shortcut menu, click Properties.

3. On the Shortcut tab, add the -c switch at the end of the Target command-line. For example:

         C:\WIN95\Desktop\outlimep.exe -c
   

4. Click OK.

REFERENCES

For more information on IMEP installation, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q171630
   TITLE     : OL97: Files Installed by the Internet Mail Enhancement
               Patch

Keywords          : cfgIM GnlAddin GnlFileM StpGnrl StpHowto
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto kbinfo
Solution Type     : kbworkaround