Author: Chessfun
Date: 10:01:34 11/24/00
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On November 24, 2000 at 11:58:13, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >I'm not much of a Windows expert, but as I understand MFC stands for Microsoft >Foundation Class (ver. 4.2) and dll for dynamic link library. > >For dummies like me I think it's best described by linking a program you run to >the engine of Windows, the kernel (correct me experts if I'm wrong). > >I once read they developed the idea of dll's to save disk space. A dll is loaded >into memory and used by many programs at a same time. When you have 10 or 15 >(also resident)programs running, a lot of them could use mfc42.dll. >With lots of disk space now available for low prices that's not that interesting >anymore, but we're stuck with it. > >Sometimes (too often) it goes wrong. You install a new program and it uses the >dll -file, promptly overwriting the old one. Proper installation programs should >ask for permission, but not all do. >In that case the library file is used by another program but is the wrong >version or in the wrong location. > >Basically you could try to stick to one mfc42.dll and please the most recent >version of it (look at the build, right clicking the file, and examining the >version) in your windows/system directory, storing the rest for backup -if >anything goes wrong. > >Most -not all- programs pull it then from the system directory. As there's only >one version of mfc42.dll, chances of page faults and conflicts are minimized. >You could try it with Fritz in any case. > >Good luck with the productivity tool Windows. > >Jeroen ;-) Interesting. As I sometimes have the same problem with Fritz 6 but with none of the other CB engines even in the same Fritz 6 interface. And also only on this computer. Seems I have about 12 of these files on my harddrive attached to all the CB program installs and a few others. Sarah.
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