Outlook Express Spellcheck Error
Word, Works, etc.? Home MS-MVP OENewsreader MoveXP FormatXP CleanInstallXP XPRepairInstall XPFAQ Restore F.A.S.T UpgradeIssues AccessBIOS SpellCheck ViewXPKey SW&Tools Shareware ComputerLinks WinLinks Motorsports OnlineMags FTPLinks Donate Contact Outlook Express requires a word processing or stand alone spell checking application installed before spell checking can be enabled. Problem area: Outlook Express Spellchecking is not functional after installing an enabling application (i.e. Office, Word, Works Suite that includes Word, etc.), try the steps below. !!!When tweaking your system files and/or registry, always set a new restore point before making changes. To follow the the steps below, you need to change the default Windows setting for Hidden Files and Folders. From the Explorer Menu bar Tools>Folder Options> View Tab or by going to Start> Control Panel> Folder Options> View Tab. Uncheck the boxes that hide files. Click for Example 1. Open Explorer> Go to [Drive XP is installed]:\|Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof 2. Delete CSAPI3T1.DLL (If not found continue to next step) 3. Put in the Windows XP CD 4. Go to Start>Run 5. In the Open box type msconfig and then click OK 6. Click on the "Expand File" button located in the bottom right corner of the System Configuration Utility 7. In the "File to Restore" box, type in CSAPI3T1.DLL 8. In the "Restore From" box type in there "?:\i386 \CSAPI3T1.DL_" without the quotes and substituting your cd-rom drive letter in place of the ? 9. In the "Save file in" box type "[Drive XP is installed]:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof" without the quotes 10. Click on the Expand button If you have trouble expanding the file. Download it from HERE 11. Go back to C:\Program File\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof 12. Rename CSAPI3T1.DL_ to CSAPI3T1.DLL (I was told to do
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occurred while the spelling was being checked." Cause Outlook Express does not have a spell checker. It can make use of the spell checker in Microsoft Office 95 or later, or Microsoft Works (later versions, which include Microsoft Word) http://www.tech-pro.net/howto_010.html if present. However, a system file csapi3t1.dll that is required in order to make use of the spell checker is not installed by Windows XP. Tip: You may be able to see whether or not csapi3t1.dll is being used by Outlook Express by clicking on Help, About. Solution Obtain a copy of the missing file csapi3t1.dll and place it in the folder "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof". Method 1 Click Start, Run, type msconfig and hit Enter. When the System Configuration outlook express Utility starts, click the button captioned Expand File.... In the Expand One File from Installation Source dialog box type the name of the file you want to restore (e.g. csapi3t1.dll), select the location to restore from (this will either be your Windows XP CD or a folder named i386 on your hard disk) and enter the name of the folder where the restored file should go (C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof). Then click Expand. After have done this, you may need outlook express spellcheck to restart Windows. You should also verify that "Always check spelling" is enabled in Tools, Options, Spelling. If you can't find an i386 folder, you might have a copy of csapi3t1.dll somewhere on your Microsoft Office CD. Copies may also be extracted from the file mailnews.cab in an Internet Explorer 5.0 or 5.5 distribution set, the file win98_27.cab on a Windows 98 CD, or the file Win_10.cab on a Windows Me CD. Method 2 Download a copy of the file by clicking on this link. Just run the downloaded file to install it into its usual location. Further things to try We sometimes receive reports from people who have followed the above steps and still can't get spell checking to work. If that is the case, here are some other things to try: Try copying csapi3t1.dll to the Outlook Express folder instead. Some readers have reported that this works when all else has failed. Locate the files ctapi3t2.dll and chapi3t1.dll in a folder named Proof on your Microsoft Office CD and copy them to the ...Shared\Proof folder. If you are using Microsoft Office 97 and the language is English, locate the files mssp232.dll and mssp2_en.lex in a folder named Proof on your Microsoft Office CD and copy them to the …\Shared\Proof folder. If you are using a different version of Office or Works, locate the Proof folder on the CD and copy the files with names beginning