PRWIN9104001: RC Error RW1008 If NULL Entry in PATH

ID Number: Q71022

3.00

WINDOWS

buglist3.00 fixlist3.10

Summary:

PROBLEM ID: WIN9104001

SYMPTOMS

The resource compiler (RC) exits with the message "fatal error

RW1008: RCPP.EXE not found."

CAUSE

There is a NULL entry in the MS-DOS PATH environment variable

(for example: SET PATH=;c:\;...).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a limitation of the Windows

Software Development Kit (SDK) version 3.0. This problem was

corrected in the Windows SDK version 3.1.

Additional reference words: 3.00