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Visual C++ Version 4.1 Patch

PSS ID Number: Q150937

Article Last Modified on 02-20-2002


The information in this article applies to:


Summary

This article explains how to get a patch to fix the problems discussed in the SYMPTOMS section below.

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:


Vc41a.exe

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
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This patch fixes two different Visual C++ 4.1 problems described below.

For more information, please also see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q150936 FIX: VC4.1 Debugger Fails to Stop on Breakpoints with Long Names
Included in the self-extracting file, VC41A.EXE, you'll find:

Readme.txt The text file that contains more information about this patch.
Patch.exe The executable that runs the patch script.
Msdev41.rtp The patch file for the \Msdev tree.
Mfc41.rtp The patch file for the MFC DLLs in the \Windows\System directory.

To Patch the MFC DLLs in Your \Windows\System Directory

  1. Close all applications that use MFC, including Microsoft Developer Studio.


  2. Copy Patch.exe and Mfc41.rtp to your \Windows\System directory in Windows 95 or Windows 3.x running Win32s, or the \Windows\System32 directory in Windows NT.


  3. Run the command "patch mfc41" (without the quotation marks) at a command prompt in that directory.


The files patched By Mfc41.rtp in the Windows system directory are:

To Patch the Files in the \Msdev Tree

  1. Close all applications using MFC, including Microsoft Developer Studio.


  2. Copy Patch.exe and Msdev41.rtp to your \Msdev Directory.


  3. Run the command "patch msdev41" (without the quotation marks) at a


command prompt in that directory.

The files patched by Msdev41.rtp are:


More Information

Several of the MFC files that will potentially get patched are optionally installed. You may get a message in the patch log stating that a particular file wasn't found and that is OK. If you didn't install the Unicode MFC libraries for instance, the patch program won't find them.

For any other potential problems and resolutions, please refer to the readme file in the patch.

Additional query words: mfc4.1 softlib fix

Keywords: kbenv kbfile kbpatch kbtool kbDatabase kbDebug kbide kbMFC kbODBC kbVC kbVC410
Issue Type: kbinfo
Technology: kbVCsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVC410