Microsoft KB Archive/126224

= PRB: "Unable to Get System Fixed Font" If Bad SYSTEM.INI Entry =

Article ID: 126224

Article Last Modified on 10/29/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q126224



SYMPTOMS
When attempting to run Visual Basic, you receive this error message:

Unable to get system fixed font



CAUSE
This error message is due to one of the following causes:


 * Invalid or missing "fixedfon.fon=" entry in the [boot] section of your SYSTEM.INI file. -or-


 * The file that fixedfon.fon points to is corrupt or missing.



RESOLUTION
Make sure there is a "fixedfon.fon" entry in the [boot] section of the SYSTEM.INI file. If this entry is blank, there's no fixed font present, so you need to locate a fixed font file like VGAFIX.FON in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, and assign it to this entry. For example: fixedfon.fon=vgafix.fon If this line already exists, the file (VGAFIX.FON in this example) is either missing or corrupt. Reinstall the file from your Windows installation disks to solve the problem.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: 3.00

Keywords: kbprb KB126224

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