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Q268507: Plus! Game Pack: Error Message When You Start Pandora’s Box

Article: Q268507
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kberrmsg kbimu msgame
Last Modified: 22-OCT-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Plus! Game Pack: Cards and Puzzles 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you start the trial version of Microsoft Pandora's Box that is included in
the Microsoft Plus! Game Pack: Cards & Puzzles, you may receive the
following error message:

  ComCtl32.dll:InitComControlsEx

CAUSE
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This behavior occurs if you install the trial version of Pandora's Box on a
computer that is running the retail version of Microsoft Windows 95.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this issue, install Microsoft Windows 98 on the computer or the
latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 1.00 msgame bicycle panbox puzzles

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Keywords          : kbenv kberrmsg kbimu msgame 
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbPlusSearch
Version           : :
Issue type        : kbprb

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