Yeah, I had strongly suspected that the program wasn't displaying the
about-screen itself but was using some DLL to do it -- I just didn't know
which one.
Thanks much for the info.
Norm
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
ShellAbout
Displays a ShellAbout dialog box.
int ShellAbout (
HWND hWnd,
LPCTSTR szApp,
LPCTSTR szOtherStuff,
HICON hIcon
);
Parameters
hWnd
[in] Window handle to a parent window. This parameter can be NULL.
szApp
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated string containing text that will be
displayed in the title bar of the ShellAbout dialog box and on the first
line of the dialog box after the text "Microsoft". If the text contains a
separator (#) dividing it into two parts, the function displays the first
part in the title bar and the second part on the first line after the
text
"Microsoft".
szOtherStuff
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated string containing text that will be
displayed in the dialog box after the version and copyright information.
hIcon
[in] Icon that the function displays in the dialog box. If this
parameter
is NULL, the function displays the Microsoft® Windows® or Windows NT®
icon.
Return Values
Returns TRUE if successful, or FALSE otherwise.
Remarks
Note that the ShellAbout function dialog box uses text and a default icon
that are specific to either Windows or Windows NT.
To see an example of a ShellAbout dialog box, choose About Windows from
the
Help menu drop-down list in Windows Explorer.
Windows 95/98/Me: ShellAbout is supported by the Microsoft Layer for
Unicode. To use this, you must add certain files to your application, as
outlined in Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me Systems.
Requirements
Windows NT/2000: Requires Windows NT 3.5 or later.
Windows 95/98/Me: Requires Windows 95 or later.
Header: Declared in Shellapi.h.
Import Library: Shell32.lib.
"Cannot load Word for Windows 6.0 files" error message when you try to
open
the "What's new" file in Quicken on a Windows XP-based computer
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Last Review : July 21, 2004
Revision : 1.0
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SYMPTOMS
CAUSE
WORKAROUND
MORE INFORMATION
SYMPTOMS
After you install Quicken 2003 Premier Home and Business or Quicken 2004
Premier Home and Business from Intuit Incorporated on a Microsoft Windows
XP-based computer, you may receive an error message that is similar to
the
following:
Cannot load Word for Windows 6.0 files
This symptom occurs when you try to open the "What's new in Quicken 2003
Premier Home and Business" file or the "What's new in Quicken 2004
Premier
Home and Business" file on the Start menu.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because WordPad does not start as expected. WordPad
does
not start because it is not converting the Microsoft Word document to
Rich
Text Format.
WORKAROUND
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system.
Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using
Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
To work around this problem, edit the registry and add the
EnableLegacyConverters entry with a DWORD value of 1. To do this, follow
these steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Wordpad
3. Right-click Wordpad, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
4. Type EnableLegacyConverters, and then press ENTER to name the new
entry.
5. Right-click EnableLegacyConverters, and then click Modify.
6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
7. Quit Registry Editor.
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companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty,
implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these
products.
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• Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
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Okay, on my Win2K system, the version of WordPad I have there has, as
one
of
its Save As choices, Word for Windows 6.0. On my Windows XP Pro system,
it
doesn't have this option. I really wanted it, so I copied the file from
the
Win2K system into a different place in Program Files with a different
name
so I could compare the two.
BUT ...
On Win2K, original WordPad in Help | About identifies itself as Version
5.0
Build 2195 SP4
On WinXP, native WordPad in Help | About identifies itself as Version
5.1
Build 2600 SP2
So far, so good. But when I run the Windows 2K program in Windows XP
Pro,
I
get Version 5.1 Build 2600 SP2 -- the same info as the native WordPad!
And
the Save As type list includes Word for Windows 6.0 which the native
WordPad
does not! In the Win2K WordPad run in Windows XP, I get exactly the same
Help | About screen as I get with the native (WinXP) WordPad run in
Windows
XP -- not just the same numbers but the same layout down to the last
pixel.
Huh?
Norm
