Microsoft KB Archive/125457

FIX: MFC-Based App Cannot Run Under International Win32s ID: Q125457 The information in this article applies to: Microsoft Win32s version 1.2 SYMPTOMS When activating a Microsoft Foundations Classes (MFC)-based application built with Visual C++ version 2.0 under Win32s version 1.2, if the language setting in Windows or Windows for Workgroups Control panel is set to anything other than English, German, or French, the following error occurs: Win32s - Error: Initialization of a dynamic link library failed. The process is terminating abnormally. This error has also been reported with non-MFC-based applications as well. CAUSE CRT startup code causes an unhandled exception in the Win32s DLL (W32SCOMB.DLL). RESOLUTION For an international version of Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups, if the country and language settings are changed to United States and English(American), 32-bit MFC-based applications are able to run. STATUS Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Win32s version 1.2. This problem has been corrected in Win32s version 1.25. Additional query words: 1.20 w32scomb Keywords : Version : WINDOWS:1.2 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type :

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