Microsoft KB Archive/837992

= The Resource Update program may quit unexpectedly during building of a device image on Windows 2000-based systems =

Article ID: 837992

Article Last Modified on 5/27/2005

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Windows CE .NET 4.2, when used with:  Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3</li></ul> </li></ul>

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SYMPTOMS
During building of a Microsoft Windows CE device image on a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer, an unhandled exception occurs in the Resource Update program (Res2Exe.exe).

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CAUSE
This problem occurs because some resource files contain NULL strings. The function that is used to put these strings in the resource table of a module in Windows 2000 does not account for the possibility of NULL.

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Hotfix Information
A supported software update is now available from Microsoft as Windows CE 4.20 Core OS QFE 837992. To resolve this problem immediately, click the following article number for information about obtaining Windows CE Platform Builder and core operating system software updates:

837392 How to locate core operating system fixes for Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder products

Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.

Restart Requirement
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix Replacement Information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File Information
The English version of this package has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. <pre class="fixed_text">  Date         Time   Version      Size    File name Path: Signed 19-Mar-2004 23:00  4.2.4.319   609,016  Wincepb42-040319-kb837992-common.exe The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel. <pre class="fixed_text">  Date         Time   Version            Size    File name --  Path: Public\Common\Oak\Bin\I386 27-Feb-2004 17:38                    274,432  Res2exe.exe

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WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, make sure that your localized resource files do not contain NULL entries.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

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MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Additional query words: crash terminate LocalizedImage

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB837992

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