Microsoft KB Archive/133303

= WINFILE.EXE Application Error When Associating a Searched File =

Article ID: 133303

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51

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This article was previously published under Q133303



SYMPTOMS
After the Search option in Windows NT 3.51 File Manager finds a requested file and you attempt to associate the file with an application, one of the following error messages appear:

WINFILE.EXE - Application Error

The instruction at "" referenced memory at "". The memory could not be "written".

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An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.

WINFILE.exe

Exception: access violation (), Address: 

When you choose either OK or CANCEL from either error message dialog box, File Manager exits.



RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, install the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.51.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.51. 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

Keywords: KB133303

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