Microsoft KB Archive/239935

= CG5: Error Message: Artgalry Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module Medcat.dll =

Article ID: 239935

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Clip Gallery 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q239935



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SYMPTOMS
The first time that you start Clip Gallery 5.0 and on every subsequent attempt to start the program, you receive the following error message when you are indexing clip catalogs from earlier versions or immediately after the indexing is completed:

Artgalry caused an Invalid Page Fault in module medcat.dll



CAUSE
This behavior sometimes occurs when Clip Gallery is trying to index a damaged catalog file from earlier versions of Clip Gallery. When Clip Gallery first starts on your computer, it searches for existing clip art files from earlier versions. If any of the catalog files that Clip Gallery tries to import are damaged, this causes Clip Gallery to fail.



Rename Clip Art Catalogs from Earlier Versions
To work around this behavior, follow these steps.

NOTE: Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.


 * 1) Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files and Folders.
 * 2) In the Named box, type the following: *.cag
 * 3) Change the Look in box to Local hard drives.
 * 4) Click Find now.
 * 5) Rename each file that is found by changing the file extension from ".cag" to ".old".
 * 6) In the Named box, type the following: *.idx
 * 7) As in step 5, rename the file extensions, but only for those files that are in a Clip Art folder or subfolder.
 * 8) In the Named box, type the following: *.thm
 * 9) As in step 5, rename the file extensions, but only for those files that are in a Clip Art folder or subfolder.
 * 10) In the Named box, type the following: artgalry.ini
 * 11) If the Artgalry.ini file exists, rename it.
 * 12) Run Clip Gallery 5.0 again. It should now bypass the indexing of earlier-version catalogs.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about importing clip art from earlier versions, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

262875 CG5: Clip Art from Earlier Versions Is Unavailable After You Upgrade to Office 2000

Additional query words: ipf crash stop hang legacy clipart

Keywords: kbprb KB239935

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