unicows.dll ??

[Hue]

I just downloaded Adobe Reader 6.0 and when I attempted to
open it I got the error message: Unable to load
unicows.dll. What is this, where do I get it and where
does it go?? Thanks!

[Mike M]

unicows is not part of Win Me but is used by a number of applications to add
unicode support
to Win Me. One program that installs unicows.dll is Windows Media Player 9,
another is Visual Studio .NET. I'm surprised that Adobe Reader 6.0 requires
this file and that if it does it does not include a copy.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Hue > wrote:

> I just downloaded Adobe Reader 6.0 and when I attempted to
> open it I got the error message: Unable to load
> unicows.dll. What is this, where do I get it and where
> does it go?? Thanks!

[heirloom]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=unicows.dll&btnG=Google+Search

Seek your answer at the above URL.
Heirloom, old and needs more coffee

"Hue" > wrote in message
...
> I just downloaded Adobe Reader 6.0 and when I attempted to
> open it I got the error message: Unable to load
> unicows.dll. What is this, where do I get it and where
> does it go?? Thanks!

[Mike M]

See "The Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me Systems" -
(http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx) where the
operative words are:

MSLU actually consists of two parts. The first part is a dynamic-link library
(DLL)- Unicows.dll-*that is redistributed with the application that the user
creates*.

Where, in this case, user = Adobe.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Mike M > wrote:

> unicows is not part of Win Me but is used by a number of applications to
> add unicode support
> to Win Me. One program that installs unicows.dll is Windows Media Player
> 9, another is Visual Studio .NET. I'm surprised that Adobe Reader 6.0
> requires this file and that if it does it does not include a copy.

If I have Media Player 9, shouldn't this dll file be used
by Adobe Reader when I open it?
>-----Original Message-----
>See "The Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me
Systems" -
>
(http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announ
ce.mspx) where the
>operative words are:
>
>MSLU actually consists of two parts. The first part is a
dynamic-link library
>(DLL)- Unicows.dll-*that is redistributed with the
application that the user
>creates*.
>
>Where, in this case, user = Adobe.
>--
>Mike Maltby MS-MVP

>
>
>Mike M > wrote:
>
>> unicows is not part of Win Me but is used by a number
of applications to
>> add unicode support
>> to Win Me. One program that installs unicows.dll is
Windows Media Player
>> 9, another is Visual Studio .NET. I'm surprised that
Adobe Reader 6.0
>> requires this file and that if it does it does not
include a copy.
>
>
>.
>

[Mike M]

Have you checked for the presence of unicows.dll on your system? If so, where
is it located? If not in your windows\system folder then Adobe, if it
requires it, won't find it.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



>
wrote:

> If I have Media Player 9, shouldn't this dll file be used
> by Adobe Reader when I open it?

[Hue]

Mike, when I do a file/folder search on my c:drive, it
shows this dll in Windows media player, but not in the
Windows system folder. Should I download the dll and put
it in the Windows sysytem folder?
>-----Original Message-----
>Have you checked for the presence of unicows.dll on your
system? If so, where
>is it located? If not in your windows\system folder then
Adobe, if it
>requires it, won't find it.
>--
>Mike Maltby MS-MVP

>
>

>
>wrote:
>
>> If I have Media Player 9, shouldn't this dll file be
used
>> by Adobe Reader when I open it?
>
>
>.
>

[Mike M]

I would suggest you copy your current copy of unicows.dll to your
windows\system folder. If that still fails to work then place a copy of that
file in your Program Files\Adobe 6.0\Reader folder (or whatever the folder is
that contains acrord32.exe).
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Hue > wrote:

> Mike, when I do a file/folder search on my c:drive, it
> shows this dll in Windows media player, but not in the
> Windows system folder. Should I download the dll and put
> it in the Windows sysytem folder?

[heirloom]

I have the WMP9 and the new Adobe Reader, both in Program Files and both
have a copy of the unicows.dll . The one with WMP is version 1.0.3626.0
and the one with Adobe Reader is version 1.0.3665.0 .

Should I replace the older version in WMP with the newer from Adobe?....or
just leave well enough alone, since everything is working just fine?!

Heirloom, old and have two


"Mike M" > wrote in message
...
> I would suggest you copy your current copy of unicows.dll to your
> windows\system folder. If that still fails to work then place a copy of
that
> file in your Program Files\Adobe 6.0\Reader folder (or whatever the folder
is
> that contains acrord32.exe).
> --
> Mike Maltby MS-MVP
>
>
>
> Hue > wrote:
>
> > Mike, when I do a file/folder search on my c:drive, it
> > shows this dll in Windows media player, but not in the
> > Windows system folder. Should I download the dll and put
> > it in the Windows sysytem folder?
>
>

[Mike M]

I'd leave well alone. Thanks H for confirming that Adobe does install a copy
of unicows.dll, as it should, which just leaves the question as to why this
did not happen when Hue installed his copy of Acrobat.

unicows.dll v1.0.3626.0 - This is the version that ships with VS .NET (2003)
unicows.dll v1.0.3665.0 - I don't know the origin of this version although I
have a copy of this version that came as part of OE-QuoteFix. (3703 however
ships with Office 2003.)
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



heirloom > wrote:

> I have the WMP9 and the new Adobe Reader, both in Program Files and both
> have a copy of the unicows.dll . The one with WMP is version 1.0.3626.0
> and the one with Adobe Reader is version 1.0.3665.0 .
>
> Should I replace the older version in WMP with the newer from Adobe?....or
> just leave well enough alone, since everything is working just fine?!

[heirloom]

Leaving it alone............
The new version came with the latest version of the "plain" Reader. Odd
that an older version would have installed with the WMP9, that I just put on
here a couple of months ago. Oh well, they work.
Thanks Mike......
Heirloom, old and still has two


"Mike M" > wrote in message
...
> I'd leave well alone. Thanks H for confirming that Adobe does install a
copy
> of unicows.dll, as it should, which just leaves the question as to why
this
> did not happen when Hue installed his copy of Acrobat.
>
> unicows.dll v1.0.3626.0 - This is the version that ships with VS .NET
(2003)
> unicows.dll v1.0.3665.0 - I don't know the origin of this version
although I
> have a copy of this version that came as part of OE-QuoteFix. (3703
however
> ships with Office 2003.)
> --
> Mike Maltby MS-MVP
>
>
>
> heirloom > wrote:
>
> > I have the WMP9 and the new Adobe Reader, both in Program Files and both
> > have a copy of the unicows.dll . The one with WMP is version
1.0.3626.0
> > and the one with Adobe Reader is version 1.0.3665.0 .
> >
> > Should I replace the older version in WMP with the newer from
Adobe?....or
> > just leave well enough alone, since everything is working just fine?!
>
>

[Hue]

Mike, when I searched for unicows.dll last night is showed
as being installed in Adobe but when I try to open up
Adobe I get the error message: "Unable to open
unicows.dll". Any thoughts/ Maybe remove and reinstall
Adobe Reader? Thanks!
>-----Original Message-----
>I'd leave well alone. Thanks H for confirming that Adobe
does install a copy
>of unicows.dll, as it should, which just leaves the
question as to why this
>did not happen when Hue installed his copy of Acrobat.
>
>unicows.dll v1.0.3626.0 - This is the version that ships
with VS .NET (2003)
>unicows.dll v1.0.3665.0 - I don't know the origin of
this version although I
>have a copy of this version that came as part of OE-
QuoteFix. (3703 however
>ships with Office 2003.)
>--
>Mike Maltby MS-MVP

>
>
>heirloom > wrote:
>
>> I have the WMP9 and the new Adobe Reader, both in
Program Files and both
>> have a copy of the unicows.dll . The one with WMP is
version 1.0.3626.0
>> and the one with Adobe Reader is version 1.0.3665.0 .
>>
>> Should I replace the older version in WMP with the
newer from Adobe?....or
>> just leave well enough alone, since everything is
working just fine?!
>
>
>.
>

[Mike M]

Hue,

Ah, you didn't mention previously that Acrobat had installed a copy of
unicows.dll in its folders, just, I think, that you had a copy in the Windows
Media Player folder. So yes, if I were to be seeing the same problem here I
would certainly try uninstalling and then reinstalling Acrobat as the problem
seems to be more with Acrobat than that unicows.dll is missing.

Best of luck,
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Hue > wrote:

> Mike, when I searched for unicows.dll last night is showed
> as being installed in Adobe but when I try to open up
> Adobe I get the error message: "Unable to open
> unicows.dll". Any thoughts/ Maybe remove and reinstall
> Adobe Reader? Thanks!