You have just tried to install SMTP onto your Windows 2003 server and can’t for the life of you find the requested file ‘adsiisex.dll’. After the blood has dried on the desk from banging your head on it, you start to search the web for help.
Rather annoying the file turns out to be buried in the ‘IMS.cab’ file. Here is how to get it out and continue with your install.
- Expand the ‘IMS.cab’ to a temp location. To do this you need to use the EXPAND command line tool as below.
The ‘-F:*’ tells it to expand all the files in the CAB.
- Point the Windows Component wizard to the expanded files location and the install should complete OK.
I found that you can also use the Configure Your Server Wizard to add mail services, then remove POP3 from add/remove programs.
Thanks a lot!
Thanks a lot!
Thx for the quickie. Annoying, yes.I created a folder on the Desktop named: IMS > copied the .cab to the Desktop > right-click > Explore > then dragged the files within the cab to the new Desktop folder (IMS) > and browsed to that to finish the install. (my install experience also required regtrace.exe, found within the same .cab)I then squirreled-away the folder, because i’ll need it again… =L\__
Thx for the quickie. Annoying, yes.I created a folder on the Desktop named: IMS > copied the .cab to the Desktop > right-click > Explore > then dragged the files within the cab to the new Desktop folder (IMS) > and browsed to that to finish the install. (my install experience also required regtrace.exe, found within the same .cab)I then squirreled-away the folder, because i’ll need it again… =L\__
Thnx alot man!!! it helped. Now im heading for the next problem, but that will be because im trying to get SMTP work under Windows Home Server ;)Thnx
Thnx alot man!!! it helped. Now im heading for the next problem, but that will be because im trying to get SMTP work under Windows Home Server ;)Thnx
Thanks for posting this – saved me a lot of time!
Thanks for posting this – saved me a lot of time!
Thanks for the help! I was stuck.
Thanks for the help! I was stuck.
Dude, thanks a million. I was one minute away from extracting all the cab files into a folder and search for this sucker. You saved the day.Cheers.
Dude, thanks a million. I was one minute away from extracting all the cab files into a folder and search for this sucker. You saved the day.Cheers.
thanks man that worked for me too
thanks man that worked for me too
Thanks, great blog.
Thanks, great blog.
Thanks – This helped!
Thanks – This helped!
right on! Thanks for the solution
right on! Thanks for the solution
Thanks.
Obrigado