Microsoft KB Archive/121041

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 * Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0
 * Microsoft ClipArt Gallery 1.1

SYMPTOMS
If you have Microsoft PowerPoint version 4.0 (not 4.0a or 4.0c) and you install the updated ClipArt Gallery Application Note (GE1031), you will get the following error message when you try to insert clip art

The ClipArt Gallery could not read the file . where  is the name of the .PCS image file installed by PowerPoint 4.0 and  is the location of the image file. This occurs because the PICSTORE.DLL file that comes with the updated ClipArt Gallery Application Note is incompatible with the original .PCS image files from PowerPoint 4.0.

RESOLUTION
If the PICSTORE.DLL file is not the correct size for the version of the .PCS files you have (see the More Information section in this article below), follow these steps:

NOTE: The following steps assume you have Windows 3.1 installed in the WINDOWS directory on drive C, and your floppy disk drive is drive A. If Windows 3.1 is loaded in a different drive/directory, substitute the correct location. If you are using floppy disk drive B instead of drive A, substitute B for A.

 Exit Windows. Rename PICSTORE.DLL (in the Windows SYSTEM subdirectory) to PICSTORE.OLD. Place PowerPoint 4.0 Setup disk 1 in drive A.  At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER: a:\decomp a:\picstore.dl_ c:\windows\system\picstore.dll  Start Windows and try using ClipArt Gallery again.

MORE INFORMATION
The PICSTORE.DLL that comes with the Updated ClipArt Gallery Application Note (GE1031) is the same version that comes with PowerPoint 4.0a and 4.0c (15,872 bytes). It must be replaced with the original PICSTORE.DLL file that came with PowerPoint 4.0 (28,672 bytes) to read the .PCS image files that come with PowerPoint 4.0. This will not affect performance of the new ARTGALRY.EXE file.

FILE SIZE IN BYTES
Filename          4.0     4.0a, 4.0c PICSTORE.DLL     28672     15872

ACADEMIC.PCS    110592    177664 ANIMALS.PCS     105472    156672 BACKGRND.PCS    273408    506368 BUILDING.PCS    185856    480768 BUSINESS.PCS    146432    299008 CARTOONS.PCS    303104    522752 COMM.PCS         79360    181248 CURRENCY.PCS    285696    496128 ELECTRNC.PCS     56832    119808 ENERGY.PCS      122368    202240 ENTRTAIN.PCS    117248    271872 FLAGS.PCS        99328    172544 GESTURES.PCS     61440     90112 HARDWARE.PCS     56320     86528 HOUSEHLD.PCS    331776    608256 INTLMAPS.PCS    371712    535552 LANDMARK.PCS    455680    981504 PEOPLE.PCS      554496    846848 PLANTS.PCS      394752    552960 SCIENCE.PCS     190976    358400 SHAPES.PCS      176640    309248 SIGNS.PCS       132608    238080 SPORTS.PCS      162816    284672 TECHNOL.PCS     195072    500224 TRANSPRT.PCS    276992    630784 USMAPS.PCS       94208    163840 PP400.PCS         7680     10240
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Last reviewed: May 16, 1998

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