winhlp32.exe + Ntdll.dll /vista -> program crash.

[jlockley]

I am attempting to use an older version of Coreldraw (8) and hitting multiple issues, which I would like to avoid a couple of hundred in an upgrade to fix, since I don't use it often.

The overriding issue seems to be incompatibility with or missing ntdll.dll. Vista graciously offers to find a solution on line when zonking the program, then just slips out the back door. (Really thing more and more about going for XP)

Vista comes sans winhlp32, apparently, but a crippled version can be downloaded. Having done that, however, I still get crashes every time I try to access help or many other things.

Any thoughts on this problem?

And please see next post regarding Corel media indexer.

 

[smah]

Have you tried compatibility mode?

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/bf416877-c83f-4476-a3da-8ec98dcf5f101033.mspx

 

[linney]

There is also the Application Compatibility Toolkit to look at. Some details and basic instructions are in this thread.

Vista - same file name, different file contents
thread1583-1435573

Have you tried the Run As Administrator option by right-clicking on the Shortcut or .exe?

 

[jlockley]

Thanks both. I will try the compatibility setting idea. Since I am admin, the virtual admin issue isn't an answer, although it is obvious that some dll's would change with the new program.

I suspect that I overwrote the original with an older file when installing an older program version - cute MS answer:

If this doesn't resolve the problem, look at the manufacturer's site to see if they offer a fix - they do, and it costs a couple of hundred dollars.

My old Adobe Illustrator loaded quite nicely, thank you, and I may just have to get ahead with that one.

 

[linney]

Talking of "virtual", Virtual PC 2007 is a free Microsoft download capable of running virtual systems from Windows 95 - Vista on a Vista machine.

Virtual PC 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...3199-48a3-afa2-2dc0b40a73b6&displaylang=en&tm