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Help: Can't load WINDEBUG.DLL! Why?

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From: "Malcolm S. Muir"
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 14:46
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In article <bu15lg.65g@wang.com> dbushong@wang.com writes:

>I'm trying to debug a Windows app I wrote.  Some data is
>getting overwritten.  So when I try to use Turbo Debug for
>Windows, it says that it can't load WINDEBUG.DLL (I've
>never tried to use TDW before).  
>
>I assume that there's something I forgot to do.
>
>Does the DLL need to be in c:\windows?  (it's there)  Does it need
>to be in c:\bc\bin?  It's there also.  How about in c:\borlandc\bin?
>I made one of them and copied it there, too.  How about in the
>directory that the app is in (c:\devel\server\testapp\ocrtest.exe)?
>Yes there is a copy of it *there* also.

You may have a version problem...

Are you using Windows 3.1 and an oldish Borland package (i.e. pre the
release of BC++ 3.1) If so you need an updated WINDEBUG.DLL as the library
for Windows 3.0 is not accepted by Windows 3.1

AFAIK This updated DLL is available free from Borland.

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