Q150694: Gardening/Do-It- Yourself: Can’t Open Read Me from Help Menu

Article: Q150694
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfaq
Last Modified: 08-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Complete Gardening for Windows, version 1.0 
- Microsoft Reader's Digest Complete Do-It-Yourself Guide for Windows, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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On the Help menu, when you click Troubleshooting, nothing seems to happen. The
Read Me file does not open.

CAUSE
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The Read Me file is already open and minimized on your computer.

RESOLUTION
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To view to file, do one of the following:

- Click the Read Me file on the Windows 95 taskbar.

  -or-

- Use the ALT+TAB key combination to switch to the Read Me file.

  To use the ALT+TAB key combination, press and hold down the ALT keyboard key,
  then press the TAB key to switch to the file.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
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This behavior is consistent with Windows 95 Explorer. In Windows 95, you cannot
open more than one instance of a document at a time.

This problem does not occur on computers running Microsoft Windows NT.

Additional query words: multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles kbmm gardens readme.wri

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Keywords          :  kbfaq
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch kbZNotKeyword kbCompleteGardening kbDoItYourself
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0

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