Microsoft KB Archive/76975

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Last reviewed: September 9, 1996

Article ID: Q76975 The information in this article applies to:
 * Microsoft WordArt version 1.0, 2.0, 2.51
 * Microsoft ClipArt Gallery version 1.0, 2.0
 * Microsoft Draw version 1.0, 1.1
 * Microsoft Equation Editor version 1.0, 2.0, 2.1
 * Microsoft Note-It! version 1.0

SUMMARY
Some OLE server applications are not designed to be run as standalone applications and can only be run inside an OLE client application. These servers will return one of the following error messages if you try to start the application from Windows Explorer, from the Desktop in Windows 95, or from File Manager or Program Manager in Windows 3.x.

PowerPoint Graph

Sorry, the program can run only from within a host application.

Microsoft Graph ---

This program can only run from within another program.

Microsoft Draw --

Sorry, Microsoft Draw can run only from within a destination application.

or

This server can only be run from a container application.

Note-It! and Word Art and ClipArt Gallery -

Sorry, can run only from within a host application.

-or-

WordArt may only be used to embed objects. It must be started from within another application. For more information about Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), see the Windows manual.

-or-

may only be used to embed objects. It must be  started from within another application.

MORE INFORMATION
There will generally be no icon for these programs. The most common reason for a person having icons for any of these programs is if Windows is installed (or the Windows Setup program is run) after the programs have been loaded onto the hard disk.

For example, if you load PowerPoint onto your system and then reinstall Windows, the Windows Setup program will give you the choice to have it create program icons for all of the applications that it can find on the hard disk. This will create an icon for PowerPoint Graph, which will be placed in the Windows Applications group.
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