Microsoft KB Archive/231675

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6a

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SYMPTOMS
When any menu option in the Start Menu folder has a name greater than 49 characters, running the FoxPro 2.6a for Windows setup program to install an executable causes the following error in Windows 95/98:

DSHELL An error has occurred in your program. To keep working anyway,

click Ignore and save your work in a new file. To quit this program,

click Close. You will lose information you entered since your last Save.

Selecting Ignore does nothing. Select Close then gives Windows error:

DSHELL X This program has performed an illegal operation

and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

Selecting Details button gives:

DSHELL caused a general protection fault in module MSCUISTF.DLL at 0004:00000532.

In Windows NT 4.0, the following error messages appear:

An error has occurred in your application. If you choose Ignore, you should save your work in a new file.

If you choose Close, your application will terminate.

Choosing the Close button, causes the following error:

DSHELL caused a General Protection Fault in module MSCOMSTF.dll at

Choose Close. DSHELL will close.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
This problem does not occur in Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Windows.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Create a simple project that invokes a WAIT WINDOW from a program. Build this into an executable file.
 * 2) Run the Setup Wizard to create the setup disks.
 * 3) Select the Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 Start menu.
 * 4) Select Settings.
 * 5) Select Taskbar and Start Menu.
 * 6) Select Start Menu Programs tab.
 * 7) Select Advanced button.
 * 8) Select menu File, New Folder.
 * 9) Add the new long folder with a name over 49 characters under the START MENU, Programs folder.
 * 10) Run the FoxPro 2.6a setup program created in step 2.

Additional query words:

Keywords         : kbsetup kbwizard kbGrpFox kbvfp260abug Version          : WINDOWS:2.6a Platform         : WINDOWS Issue type       : kbbug
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