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Q130320: PC Win: MOVEUSER.EXE Fails if User’s HEXID.CAL Is Missing

Article: Q130320
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0,1.0a,3.0,3.0b,3.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 08-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 3.2 
- Microsoft Schedule+ for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.0a 
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SYMPTOMS
========

When you use version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows, the following error
message may appear when you try to run the MOVEUSER.EXE utility to move a user
from one postoffice to another:

  Moving user '<UserName>' failed.

CAUSE
=====

A possible cause of this error is a missing or renamed MAILDATA\CAL\HEXID.CAL
file for the UserID being moved.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this problem, have the user launch Schedule+ to create the
MAILDATA\CAL\HEXID.CAL file.

MORE INFORMATION
================

The SCHEDULE.KEY file will reserve a hexid number for the user if the user has
received a meeting request from another user, even if the user has never
launched Schedule+ to create the HEXID.CAL file. MoveUser will read the
SCHEDULE.KEY searching for the UserID being moved and determine the user's hexid
number. If the HEXID.CAL for the user is not found, the error will occur.

The MOVEUSER utility is provided with MVUSR.EXE on the Microsoft Software Library
(MSL).

You can find MVUSR.EXE,
(http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/MVUSR.EXE,) a
self-extracting file, on the following services:

- Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet

  On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon.
  Click Knowledge Base, and select the product.
  Enter kbfile MVUSR.EXE, and click GO!
  Open the article, and click the button to download the file.

- Internet (anonymous FTP)

  ftp ftp.microsoft.com
  Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder.
  Get MVUSR.EXE

- The Microsoft Network

  On the Edit menu, click Go To, and then click Other Location.
  Type "mssupport" (without the quotation marks).
  Double-click the MS Software Library icon.
  Find the appropriate product area.
  Locate and Download MVUSR.EXE.


For additional information about downloading, please see the following article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Additional query words: 1.00 plus

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbScheduleSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbSchedule100 kbSchedule100a kbMail300 kbMail320 kbMail300b
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,1.0a,3.0,3.0b,3.2

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