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Q115546: Multimedia Golf Cannot Find Any Courses

Article: Q115546
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 10-JUN-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Golf for Windows, multimedia edition, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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You may receive the following error message when trying to run Microsoft Golf:

  No courses found. Please reinstall Golf and try again.

If this is the first attempt at running the program after installation (or
reinstallation), the above error message may be preceded by the following error
message:

  The selected course was not found. Please select another course.

RESOLUTION
==========

Edit the MSGLFCRS.INI file (used only with the multimedia edition of Golf) file
using Notepad or another text editor. These error messages will be caused by
missing or incorrect lines in this file. The MSGLFCRS.INI file should reside in
the MSGOLF directory, and must have the following:

1. The [Courses] section must include a line that defines the specific course,
  that is:

  <FILENAME>.CRS=<Course Title>

  For example:

  [Courses]
  TORREY_P.CRS=Torrey Pines-South Course

2. The [Course Title] section must have a line that defines the path to that
  specific course, that is:

  CoursePath=<DRIVE>:\<DIRECTORY>\<FILENAME>\

  For example:

  [Torrey Pines-South Course]
  CoursePath=C:\MSGOLF\TORREY_P\

  NOTE: ...\TORREY_P\, not ...\TORREY_P.CRS)

If either of these lines are missing or incorrect, you will receive one of the
error messages listed above when trying to start Golf.

For an example of an MSGLFCRS.INI file, see the "More Information" section below.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following is a sample MSGLFCRS.INI file:

  [Courses]
  TORREY_P.CRS=Torrey Pines-South Course

  [Demo]
  AimDemoPath=D:\DEMOS\AIM.AVI
  SwingDemoPath=D:\DEMOS\SWING.AVI

  [Torrey Pines-South Course]
  CDTitle=Microsoft Golf Multimedia Edition Version 1.0
  CDRom=MSGOLF_MM
  CoursePath=D:\TORREY_P\
  FlyByPath=D:\TORREY_P\FLYBYS\
  TipPath=D:\TORREY_P\TIPS\
  CourseTourPath=D:\TORREY_P\FLYBYS\TORRECRT.AVI
  MIDIFile1=D:\TORREY_P\MIDI\FLYBY1.MID
  MIDIFile2=D:\TORREY_P\MIDI\FLYBY2.MID
  MIDIFile3=D:\TORREY_P\MIDI\FLYBY3.MID
  MIDIFile4=D:\TORREY_P\MIDI\FLYBY4.MID

Additional query words: 1.0CD 1.00 CD New Game Not found cd-rom rom multi-media windows launch

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbGolfSearch kbGolf100
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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