Microsoft KB Archive/166009

INV: Download Msvcrt.dll System Files

PSS ID Number: Q166009 Article last modified on 12-22-1998

WINDOWS:3.0

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == MSN MoneyCentral == 

= SUMMARY =

MSN Investor accesses the files Msvcrt.dll and Msvcrt40.dll to use ActiveX Controls. These files are runtime library files that are required for proper operation of many programs. Msvcrt40.dll is installed by Internet Explorer 3.0 or 4.0. If you have deleted these files from your system or they were not included in the installation of a program, you may need to manually install them.

Download Instructions
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

~ Msvcrt.exe

The Msvcrt.exe file is available as a free download from the following Microsoft Internet sites:

http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/msvcrt.exe

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/msvcrt.exe

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q119591 TITLE : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

= MORE INFORMATION =

Save the file to a location on your hard drive, not in your Windows folder, and then double-click Msvcrt.exe. This extracts four files:

File name         Version         File date -         ---         -

Msvcrt.dll        4.20.6164       06/07/96

Msvcrt20.dll      2.11.000        07/11/95

Msvcrt40.dll      4.10.5349       07/31/96

Readme.txt The Readme.txt file contains information on how to use these files.

Contents of Readme.txt
The files Msvcrt.dll, Msvcrt20.dll and Msvcrt40.dll, are runtime library files that are required for proper execution of many programs. If you have deleted these files from your system or they were not included in the installation of a program, you may need to manually install them.

Copy the files to your C:folder. If you have installed Windows in a different folder, replace “Windows” with the correct path.


 * 1) In Windows Explorer, open the folder where you have extracted the files.
 * 2) Select Msvcrt.dll, Msvcrt20.dll and Msvcrt40.dll. Click the file, then hold down the CTRL key and click the other file names.
 * 3) On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 * 4) Open the Windows folder and double-click the System folder.
 * 5) On the Edit menu, click Paste. If you receive a message that the file already exists, choose to not replace it.

Your programs will now be able to access the runtime library routines.

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Keywords : kberrmsg kbfile kbinterop Version : WINDOWS:3.0 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbhowto inv6_moneycentral ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.