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Q94199: TaxCut for Windows Requires Windows 3.1

Article: Q94199
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 12-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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When running Andrew Tobias' TaxCut for Windows (tax year 1992) under Windows
versions earlier than version 3.1, you may receive the following error:

  Cannot find COMMDLG.DLL.
  Verify that the path is correct or insert in drive A:

Andrew Tobias' TaxCut is a trademark of Meca Ventures, Inc. The package is
updated each tax year. The currently released version is for tax year 1992 and
is called Headstart TaxCut for Windows. This version, as all other tax-year
versions, will have a final update shipped to the user before April 14th of the
following year (1993).

Trying to launch the program from within Windows 3.0 displays the following error
message:

  Cannot find COMMDLG.DLL.
  Verify that the path is correct or insert in drive A:

Neither solution works because this file is a Windows 3.1 file and does not exist
in earlier versions of Windows. The program will not display a message
indicating that it requires Windows 3.1 or later to run.

The only solution to this problem is to upgrade to Windows 3.1 or change to
TaxCut for MS-DOS.

Additional query words: tax cut 3.00 3.00a 3.10 3.11

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11

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