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# "Invalid File Format" Error When Launching MindMaze

Article ID: 100093

Article Last Modified on 10/6/2003

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 1.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q100093

## SUMMARY

An "Invalid File Format" error appears if an outdated or corrupted .VBX or .DLL file used by MindMaze is encountered. This may occur if a MindMaze file is deleted or overwritten after installing Encarta.

## MORE INFORMATION

MindMaze copies and uses these .VBX and .DLL files:

VBRUN200.DLL
ANIBUTON.VBX
CMDIALOG.VBX
MCI.VBX
SBC.VBX
THREED.VBX

When you run MindMaze, it searches for the files in this order:

1. Current directory
2. WINDOWS directory
3. WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory
4. Path directories

To resolve this error, locate and delete duplicate copies of these files on the hard disk drive, and recopy the above files to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
Note that a "minimum installation" of Encarta corrects this problem. A minimum installation forces MindMaze to read the correct files from the compact disc Viewer 2.0

Additional query words: 1.00 game message multimedia multi media multi-media start open begin mindmaze encarta cd launch

Keywords: KB100093