WordPad Crashes with Wrong Version of MFC42U.DLL

 Last reviewed: March 13, 1998
Article ID: Q164932
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After you install certain products on a Windows NT 4.0 platform, you may receive the following access violation error when you run WordPad: 

   Unhandled exception in Wordpad.exe RICHED32.DLL: 0XC0000005: Access
   Violation.
An excerpt from an example of the Dr. Watson log (DRWTSN32.LOG) generated is below: 

   Microsoft (R) Windows NT (TM) Version 4.00 DrWtsn32
   Copyright (C) 1985-1996 Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved.Application
   exception occurred:
      App: exe\wordpad.dbg (pid=308)
      When: 1/27/1997 @ 8:57:34.118
      Exception number: c0000005 (access violation)

CAUSE

This problem has been seen on Windows NT 4.0 systems using applications such as Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Enterprise version or third-party applications which supply their own version of the file Mfc42u.dll.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, expand the file MFC42U.DL_ from the original Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM into the <WinNT>\System32 directory as Mfc42u.dll. 

Keywords          : nt32ap NTSrvWkst kbole
Version           : WinNT:4.0
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbworkaround

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Last reviewed: March 13, 1998
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