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Subject: Re: the new CM7000 patch won't run

Author: Richard A Fuchs

Date: 05:38:23 12/21/99

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On December 21, 1999 at 04:05:18, John R. Menke, Sr. wrote:

>The new Chessmaster 7000 patch (cm7k106.exe) is now available for download at
>www.chessmaster.com but it won't run. I get an error message:
>
>"The cm7k106.exe file is linked to missing export
>SHELL32.DLL:SHGetSpecialFolderPathA"

This is a Windows 98 dll file. It should be in your c:\Windows\System directory
perhaps you can get one off your windows CD or perhaps from another machine
somewhere.

>
>Then when I click OK, it says:
>
>"A device attached to the system is not functioning".
>
>I have the standard CM7000 installation, installed on drive E, an external
>parallel port zip drive.  I have Windows 95 installed on hard drive C. I suppose
>that is the problem(?).  SHELL32.DLL is in c:\windows\system where apparently
>the patch cannot see it.
>
>Yes, I have the CM7000 CD in its drive, which is functioning properly.  And yes,
>I have exactly the same setup for CM6000, and applying its patch worked fine.
>
>--JRM



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