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Q72852: DOCERR: Undocumented Error U1369: Invalid Format in PWBED.EXE

Article: Q72852
Product(s): Microsoft Programming Utilities
Version(s): MS-DOS:1.0,1.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 30-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Programmer's Workbench for MS-DOS, versions 1.0, 1.1 
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The following undocumented error message may be generated when
invoking the Programmer's WorkBench (PWB) version 1.0 or 1.1:

  error U1369: invalid format in PWBED.EXE


This message indicates a corrupt PWBED.EXE file. The corrupt PWBED.EXE
should be deleted and a new copy installed from the distribution
disks. The file might have been decompressed incorrectly the first
time or might have been corrupted by a virus. A virus check should be
run to ensure that a virus was not the cause of the corruption.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.10 docerr

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbPWBSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbPWB100DOS kbPWB110DOS
Version           : MS-DOS:1.0,1.1

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