Author: José Carlos
Date: 10:54:36 11/24/00
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On November 24, 2000 at 13:35:52, Ed Schröder wrote: >On November 24, 2000 at 13:26:51, José Carlos wrote: > >>On November 24, 2000 at 13:01:34, Chessfun wrote: >> >>>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. >> >> I don't own Fritz 6, but it sounds like Fritz himself is causing the problem. >>If it is mfc42.dll that crahsed, maybe Fritz is passing wrong type arguments to >>any of its functions. >> >> José C. > >When programs suddenly begin to crash for no good reason than just >boot your PC again. If you use your PC intensively Windows gets >messed up after x hours. If a crash is reproducible than things >are different of course. > >Ed Sure, I spend 11 hours a day programming under Windows... I know what you say :) But in the posts above, I understand they say they use other programs and it's always Fritz that crashes. That's why I thought it could be a problem of Fritz. Does any other Fritz owner have the same problem? José C.
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