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PC DOS Win: Convert.exe Doesn't Work on Windows NT 3.5 Computers

Article ID: 130319

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

Microsoft Mail Client 3.2

This article was previously published under Q130319

SYMPTOMS

When you use version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows, and you attempt to run the CONVERT.EXE utility that converts the MS-DOS workstation private folders to folders in your Windows client's Mail Message File (MMF), you will receive a screen flash or a MS-DOS box if your Windows client is running on Microsoft Windows NT version 3.5.

CAUSE

The CONVERT.EXE utility will not run on Windows NT version 3.5. This is a MS-DOS-based compiled application. There is a CONVERT.EXE that comes with Windows NT 3.5 that allows you to convert your hard drive partition from FAT or HPFS to NTFS partitions.

RESOLUTION

If your MMF file is on the postoffice:

Log into the postoffice from a Windows for Workgroups machine.
Run the CONVERT.EXE from the Windows for Workgroups machine.

If your MMF file is local, you will have to place the your MMF on the postoffice.

From the Mail menu, choose Options.
Select the Server button.
Select Postoffice for the storage. Select OK.
Log into the postoffice from a Windows for Workgroups machine.
Run the CONVERT.EXE from the Windows for Workgroups machine.

Additional query words: 3.20

Keywords: KB130319