Re: Screensaver Issues - Kernel32.DLL Error

Try adding the delay load DLLs option. Might give you a clue. Are you using
some WinXP-specific functions?

Wessam Bahnassi
Microsoft DirectX MVP,
Lead Programmer
In|Framez

"Vladimir Repcak" <Vladimir Repcak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:E434E514-0689-4EF1-8851-606CD53C6479@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> My Screensaver can be installed (by Install option when right-clicked on
> the
> file with Explorer) and run correctly for the first time while being in
> Display Properties Window. I can run it here (Dialog and Preview working)
> as
> many times as I want. But when I click Apply and return back to Display
> Properties, it crashes under WinME with Kernel32.DLL error (though it
> won`t
> crash under XP). It doesn`t even start my application because very first
> line
> of WinMain is creation of LOG.TXT and it if would crash inside my
> application, the error message would state that it`s inside. Just to be
> sure,
> I put try-catch handler into WinMain but it doesn`t even get to WinMain.
> What`s even more weird is, that the screensaver runs itself after
> specified
> time (alwyas in XP, less often in WinME where it crashes).
> However, WinXP doesn`t show this Kernel32.DLL error when being for second
> time in Display Properties. It just does nothing (but at leat it won`t
> craash
> under XP).
>
> I tried it on 3 machines but it`s always the same problem regardless of
> DirectX version used (debug/retail 8.1 or 9.0b-c). I always need to select
> "Install" option in Explorer to make "Configure" and "Preview" buttons in
> "Display Properties" work.
>
> Please Advise


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