Microsoft KB Archive/123862

= Opening a File Causes the Application to Close =

Article ID: 123862

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5

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This article was previously published under Q123862



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open a file from an application that uses common dialog boxes, the application appears to close.



CAUSE
A bug in ChopText (called by DlgDirList) trashes the stack in USER server-side.C:\SW\MW\R2\LIB\SERVICES\NT almost fits into static control, while C:\...\MW\R2\LIB\SERVICES\NT does fit, even though it is more characters. In this case, ChopText substitutes the first 6 characters of the path with a prefix containing 7 characters. The extra character is written in front of lpch, which corrupts the stack.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server version 3.5. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt 3.50 file/open screen disappear

Keywords: KB123862

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