I am running Windows 98 and cannot seem to run Microsoft Paint. When I
click on Paint, this message pops up:

"This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut
down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor."

Then if I click on Details, here's what it says:

"MSPAINT caused an invalid page fault in
module MFC42.DLL at 017f:5f40f9eb.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=017f EIP=5f40f9eb EFLGS=00010202
EBX=00680c94 SS=0187 ESP=0056f91c EBP=0056f940
ECX=00007fff DS=0187 ESI=00691330 FS=0ecf
EDX=0001f3a4 ES=0187 EDI=0056f950 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
89 48 58 8b 45 fc 3b 47 0c 7c cf 33 f6 39 77 0c
Stack dump:
00000001 00680c94 00680c94 00000258 00000008 00691330 0056f998
00680c94 00000008 0056f9a4 5f4666b6 0056f950 00000000 5f49f438
5f49e488 006912a0 "

It hasn't worked for over a year now, but I haven't really needed to
use it, either. Any suggestions?

"Greg" <odieg7@excite.com> wrote in message
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> I am running Windows 98 and cannot seem to run Microsoft Paint. When I
> click on Paint, this message pops up:
>
> "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut
> down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor."
>
> Any suggestions?

This is a known problem (Win98), caused by a problem in the important Windows
Registry files. Microsoft don't say how or why it happens but they have
published a fix.

It involves editing the Registry, which is not difficult, but do make a backup
first and follow the instructions carefully.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q185501