Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnewsl!aap
From: aap@cbnewsl.att.com (alan.a.parker)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Barfing up 3.0 apps
Message-ID: <1990Aug9.161816.20126@cbnewsl.att.com>
Date: 9 Aug 90 16:18:16 GMT
References: <1990Aug8.020846.19494@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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From article <1990Aug8.020846.19494@portia.Stanford.EDU>, by shedevil@portia.Stanford.EDU (Anne Prisk):
> Several people explain that upon trying to run certain apps. they get this 
> message:
> 
>>> >          Cannot find file; check to insure the path and
>>> >          filename are correct
>>> > 
> Someone speculates that it's cause of a) a beta version, and b) too many
> added fonts.  Then someone says:
>>
>>No, I had the same problem with non-beta ver 3.0. I was trying
>>to run WINEYES, but got the same errormessage, although the file was
>>there.  As far as I know, I have only the standard fonts installed.
> 
> Just wanted to say that I am having the exact same problem with WINEYES,
> and a few other apps.  Hope someone who knows the fix reads this soon!
> 
> -- 
> <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
>    Anne (She Devil) Mitchell - Stanford Law - BBS: 415-497-5291,1200,N,8,1
>     No disclaimer necessary as this is *my* account, and besides - nobody
>        would ever accuse anyone else of having these opinions anyway!

I solved this problem by putting a copy of win87em.dll into my windows
directory and renaming it win87em.exe.  I'm not sure why it worked, but it
did, with several different applications.

	Alan Parker
	AT&T Bell Laboratories
	Whippany N.J.
	att!pace!aap