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From: magid@sandstorm.Berkeley.EDU (Paul Magid)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Program Manager UAE caused by .ICO file !?!
Keywords: UAE icon PROGMGR
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Date: 22 Feb 91 19:41:56 GMT
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I had the exact same problem as you.  I had an ICO file that would cause 
Program Manager to give me a UAE and terminate.  AS you I had to close all my
windows in order to exit. After many long frustrating hours I managed to trace
the problem to an icon file named wp5.ico. (Extremely frustrating since I should
have been studying for a midterm)  On a whim I did the following:
						1: made the file inaccessible 
							to progman.
						2: ran the offending file 
							through IconDraw 1.2 
							and made one change to 
							the icon.
						3: I then saved the icon file
							and made it accesible 
							to progman.

This solved my problem I hope it solves yours too.  I have a sneaky feeling
that progman is extremeley finicky when it comes to ICO files, whereas IconDraw
may be able to read them.  If one makes a change to the icon and then saves it 
it seems to be saved in a way that progman does understand.

Paul