Microsoft KB Archive/139833

= Multimedia: No Icons or Groups Created in Program Manager =

Article ID: 139833

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Cinemania 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Complete Gardening 96
 * Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 97 Deluxe Edition
 * Microsoft Encarta World Atlas 96
 * Microsoft Music Central 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Reader's Digest Complete Do-It-Yourself Guide

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This article was previously published under Q139833



SYMPTOMS
If you use Program Manager (Progman.exe), the programs listed at the top of this article do not create a program group or icons.



CAUSE
These programs are designed to use Windows 95/98 Explorer (Explorer.exe).



RESOLUTION
If you use Program Manager, create programs icons by following these steps:

 Open the Microsoft Multimedia group. (Or for World Atlas and Encarta the Microsoft Reference group). If this group does not already exist, create it as follows:

 On the File menu, click New. Click Program Group, and then click OK. In the Description box, type the following, and then click OK:

Microsoft Multimedia

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Microsoft Reference

 On the File menu, click New.</li> Click Program Item, and then click OK.</li> Type the following in the Description and Command Line boxes as listed in the Icon Properties section below, for each program, and then click OK.</li> Repeat steps 2 through 4 to create the remaining items.</li></ol>

Icon Properties for Encarta
NOTE: The following assumes you have installed Encarta 97 Encyclopedia in the c:\Program Files\Microsoft Reference\Encarta Encyclopedia folder. If Encarta is installed in a different folder, make the corresponding changes to the command lines below.

Item 1

Description: Encarta Encyclopedia 97

Command Line: "c:\program files\microsoft reference\encarta encyclopedia\enc97.exe"

Item 2

Description: Multimedia Catalog

Command Line: x:\mmcat\mmcat.exe (where x is your CD-ROM drive)

Icon Properties for World Atlas
NOTE: The following assumes you have installed Encarta 96 World Atlas in the c:\Program Files\Microsoft Reference\Encarta 96 World Atlas folder. If Encarta 96 World Atlas is installed in a different folder, make the corresponding changes to the command lines below.

Item 1

Description: Encarta 96 World Atlas

Command Line: "c:\program files\microsoft reference\encarta 96 world atlas\msworld.exe"

Item 2

Description: Encarta 96 World Atlas Information

Command Line: "c:\program files\microsoft reference\encarta 96 world atlas\readme.wri"

Item 3

Description: Multimedia Catalog

Command Line: x:\mmcat\mmcat.exe (where x is your CD-ROM drive)

NOTE: This has been fixed in Encarta World Atlas 1997.

Icon Properties for Cinemania 97
Item 1

Description: Microsoft Cinemania 97

Command Line: x:\cinmania.exe (where x is your CD-ROM drive)

Item 2

Description: Microsoft Multimedia Catalog

Command Line: x:\mmcat\catppi.exe (where x is your CD-ROM drive)

Icon Properties for Music Central 97
Item 1

Description: Microsoft Music Central 97

Command Line: x:\muscntrl.exe (where x is your CD-ROM drive)

Item 2

Description: Microsoft Multimedia Catalog

Command Line: x:\mmcat\catppi.exe (where x is your CD-ROM drive)

Icon Properties for Do-It-Yourself Guide
Item 1

Description: Complete Do-It-Yourself Guide

Command Line: x:\data\diyguide.exe (where x is your CD-ROM drive)

Item 2

Description: Microsoft Multimedia Catalog

Command Line: x:\mmcat\catppi.exe (where x is your CD-ROM drive)

Icon Properties for Complete Gardening
Item 1

Description: Microsoft Complete Gardening

Command Line: x:\data\msgdn32.exe (where x is your CD-ROM drive)

Item 2

Description: Microsoft Multimedia Catalog

Command Line: x:\mmcat\catppi.exe (where x is your CD-ROM drive)

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MORE INFORMATION
This behavior is by design. Setup does not generate program groups or icons in Program Manager.

Additional query words: multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles kbmm kbfaq

Keywords: kbfaq kbprb KB139833

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