Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 11:11:13 11/24/00
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On November 24, 2000 at 13:54:36, José Carlos wrote: >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. My point was it happens to all programs. Just boot the thing, forget it happened and be happy again :) Ed
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