Microsoft KB Archive/67028

Word Icon Not Working with Windows 3.00

PSS ID Number: Q67028 Article last modified on 01-24-1995

5.50

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Word version 5.50 is shipped with a compressed icon file (WORD.IC$) that is expanded and copied to the hard disk (or floppy disk) by the Word Setup program. The expanded file is named WORD.ICO and is intended for use with the OS/2 operating environment.

Windows 3.00 gives the following error message if WORD.ICO is selected from the Program Manager in the Select Icon text box of File, Properties, Change Icon, File Name (from the Program Manager’s File menu, choose Properties; from the Program Item Properties box, select Change Icon; the Select Icon box will appear):

Cannot find any icon in this file.

The WORD.ICO file is intended for use with OS/2 and will not work under Windows 3.00.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To use WORD.ICO under OS/2, make sure that the WORD.ICO file resides in the directory where the WORD.EXE file is located.

The file sizes are as follows:

File Size —- —-

Compressed WORD.IC$ 276 bytes Uncompressed WORD.ICO 288 bytes

KBCategory: kbsetup kberrmsg KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: W_Win3 ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1995.