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Q137472: HOWTO: How to Deal with a load=foxrstart.exe Line in the Win.ini

Article: Q137472
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbDSupport
Last Modified: 01-SEP-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 
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SUMMARY
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When installing Visual FoxPro under Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.x,
Visual FoxPro installs 32-bit .ocx files and a 32-bit Vfp.exe file. The Setup
uses Foxrstrt.exe, which tells the 32-bit .ocx files to self register themselves
and assigns an icon to the 32-bit FoxPro executable (Vfp.exe) and to
Imagedit.exe. If the Setup is not successful, then "load = foxrstart.exe"
appears in the Win.ini file.

MORE INFORMATION
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When the system is restarted by the Visual FoxPro setup, it is running Win32s
(32-bit environment). At this point, setup launches Foxrstrt.exe, an executable
that tells the 32-bit .ocx files to self register themselves and assigns an icon
to the 32-bit FoxPro executable (Vfp.exe) and to Imagedit.exe.

If "load = foxrstart.exe" appears in the Win.ini file, installation of Visual
FoxPro has not completed successfully.

NOTE: Foxrstrt.exe may take a few minutes to run. You may think your computer is
hung and reboot it before Foxrstrt finishes. This prevents the .ocx files from
being registered, keeps the MS-DOS icon assigned to Vfp.exe, and leave behind
the "load=foxrstart.exe" line in the Win.ini file.

To reassign a correct icon for 32-bit Visual FoxPro, on the File menu, click
Properties in the Program Manager.

To register the .ocx files, run C:\Vfp\Samples\Ole\Regsvr32.exe by clicking Run
on the File Manager's File menu. Do this for each of the .ocx files if Foxrstart
fails or is interrupted. For example:

  Regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\System\Msoutl32.ocx

NOTE: If there are too many entries in the load= line in the Win.ini file (90+
characters) after installing Win32s, then on rebooting, you may see an error
when trying to load one of the entries in the load= line. This error occurs
because setup adds Foxrstrt.exe to the load= line that registers the 32-bit .ocx
files and reassigns an icon to Vfp.exe and Imagedit.exe after the reboot into
the 32-bit Win32s environment.


Additional query words: VFoxWin

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Keywords          : kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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