WINFILE.EXE Application Error When Associating a Searched File
Article ID: 133303
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
This article was previously published under Q133303
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".
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):
Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords: KB133303