WINFILE.EXE Application Error When Associating a Searched File

ID: Q133303

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

After the Search option in Windows NT 3.51 File Manager finds a requested file and you attempt to associate the file with an application, one of the following error messages appear:

WINFILE.EXE - Application Error

The instruction at "<Hex Memory Address>" referenced memory at "<Hex Memory Address>". The memory could not be "written".

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An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.

WINFILE.exe

Exception: access violation (<Hex Memory Address>), Address: <Hex Memory Address>

When you choose either OK or CANCEL from either error message dialog box, File Manager exits.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, install the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.51.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.51. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt

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