"unicows.dll"

When adobe reader begins to load I get cannot
load "unicows.dll"
Can anyone tell me what to re-install to fix this problem?

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 Adobe Acrobat.

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

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*.

So, if you have an application that requires the file unicows.dll it
should supply that file when installing the application as does, for
example Windows Media Player 9.

Search your system using Explorer for the file unicows.dll. Can you find
it (perhaps more than one copy)? Where are they located? Has your
Acrobat problem always happened or is it new? If new what changes did you
make to your system betwen it last working and it now being broken? You
may want to try fixing the problem by reinstalling Acrobat.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Janet wrote:

When adobe reader begins to load I get cannot
load "unicows.dll"
Can anyone tell me what to re-install to fix this problem?

"Janet" wrote:

When adobe reader begins to load I get cannot
load "unicows.dll"
Can anyone tell me what to re-install to fix this problem?

First thing to do is to search your computer and see if you do have a
copy of the file.

If you do then copy the most recent version of the file (you could
have more than one version) to the c:\windows\system folder.

If that does not resolve the issue try copying it to
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader

Last resort - uninstall Acrobat Reader, download it again, and
reinstall.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

-----Original Message-----
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 Adobe Acrobat.

See "The Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me
Systems" -

(http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/h...ev/mslu_announ
ce.mspx) where
the operative words a

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*.

So, if you have an application that requires the file
unicows.dll it
should supply that file when installing the application
as does, for
example Windows Media Player 9.

Search your system using Explorer for the file
unicows.dll. Can you find
it (perhaps more than one copy)? Where are they
located? Has your
Acrobat problem always happened or is it new? If new
what changes did you
make to your system betwen it last working and it now
being broken? You
may want to try fixing the problem by reinstalling
Acrobat.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Janet wrote:

When adobe reader begins to load I get cannot
load "unicows.dll"
Can anyone tell me what to re-install to fix this
problem?

.
I ran a search and this file is not in my "C" drive, I
have uninstalled adobe a couple of times and re-installed
it and it still won't work
I have microsoft media player and it works,

-----Original Message-----
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 Adobe Acrobat.

See "The Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me
Systems" -

(http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/h...ev/mslu_announ
ce.mspx) where
the operative words a

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*.

So, if you have an application that requires the file
unicows.dll it
should supply that file when installing the application
as does, for
example Windows Media Player 9.

Search your system using Explorer for the file
unicows.dll. Can you find
it (perhaps more than one copy)? Where are they
located? Has your
Acrobat problem always happened or is it new? If new
what changes did you
make to your system betwen it last working and it now
being broken? You
may want to try fixing the problem by reinstalling
Acrobat.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Janet wrote:

When adobe reader begins to load I get cannot
load "unicows.dll"
Can anyone tell me what to re-install to fix this
problem?

.
I went to the Adobe site and downloaded an older version
5.1 and everything is okay now
thank you for your advice

Janet,

I'm sorry to read that you weren't able to solve the problem with Acrobat
6. I see though that you've dropped back to using Acrobat 5. I'll tell
you a little secret g, I also use Acrobat 5 on Win Me having no need for
the bloat that is Acrobat 6. :-)

Cheers,
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Janet wrote:

I went to the Adobe site and downloaded an older version
5.1 and everything is okay now
thank you for your advice

....and I'm getting so fed up with the hassle of AR6 on XP that I'm
considering going back to v5!

Acrobat has been getting more and more intrusive as the versions have come -
and someone really needs to take a massive cluestick to the writers'
collective heads, and bring what is supposed to be a plugin back to what
it's supposed to do - help the user read pdf files, instead of attempting to
be another browser/media player.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Janet,

I'm sorry to read that you weren't able to solve the problem with Acrobat
6. I see though that you've dropped back to using Acrobat 5. I'll tell
you a little secret g, I also use Acrobat 5 on Win Me having no need for
the bloat that is Acrobat 6. :-)

Cheers,
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Janet wrote:

I went to the Adobe site and downloaded an older version
5.1 and everything is okay now
thank you for your advice

Haven't had any problems - once configured. Once all that "Allow Multimedia
Operations", "Allow Speculative Downloading in the Background" crap is
disabled. Except for the excessive time to open - and that was cured by that
ar-speedup you posted the link to a while back, Noel! I've been pleasantly
surprised with the ease of reading the 585 page 9/11 Report.pdf.


What problems are you having?




Shane


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
...and I'm getting so fed up with the hassle of AR6 on XP that I'm
considering going back to v5!

Acrobat has been getting more and more intrusive as the versions have
come - and someone really needs to take a massive cluestick to the
writers' collective heads, and bring what is supposed to be a plugin back
to what it's supposed to do - help the user read pdf files, instead of
attempting to be another browser/media player.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Janet,

I'm sorry to read that you weren't able to solve the problem with Acrobat
6. I see though that you've dropped back to using Acrobat 5. I'll tell
you a little secret g, I also use Acrobat 5 on Win Me having no need
for the bloat that is Acrobat 6. :-)

Cheers,
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Janet wrote:

I went to the Adobe site and downloaded an older version
5.1 and everything is okay now
thank you for your advice

Hi Shane.

As I have *always* had problems with Adobe Acrobat (any version),
can you enlarge on:
"Allow Multimedia Operations", "Allow Speculative Downloading in the
Background" crap?

ar-speedup?

George gee


*Shane* has posted this message:

Haven't had any problems - once configured. Once all that "Allow
Multimedia Operations", "Allow Speculative Downloading in the
Background" crap is disabled. Except for the excessive time to open -
and that was cured by that ar-speedup you posted the link to a while
back, Noel! I've been pleasantly surprised with the ease of reading
the 585 page 9/11 Report.pdf.


What problems are you having?




Shane


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
...and I'm getting so fed up with the hassle of AR6 on XP that I'm
considering going back to v5!

Acrobat has been getting more and more intrusive as the versions have
come - and someone really needs to take a massive cluestick to the
writers' collective heads, and bring what is supposed to be a plugin
back to what it's supposed to do - help the user read pdf files,
instead of attempting to be another browser/media player.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Janet,

I'm sorry to read that you weren't able to solve the problem with
Acrobat
6. I see though that you've dropped back to using Acrobat 5. I'll
tell you a little secret g, I also use Acrobat 5 on Win Me having
no need for the bloat that is Acrobat 6. :-)

Cheers,
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Janet wrote:

I went to the Adobe site and downloaded an older version
5.1 and everything is okay now
thank you for your advice

George,

Acrobat Reader v6.x only. In Edit | Preferences. Under *Internet* you have
*Allow speculative downloading in the background*. Under *Trust Manager* are
*Allow documents to open other files and launch other applications* and
*Allow multimedia operations*.

Somewhere among that lot there is *Enable Acrobat javascript* but didn't see
it just now, however, some of these options disappear when the responsible
plug-ins aren't loaded and AR-Speedup stops them - or most of them -
loading. There's an automatic update setting too which I haven't seen in
some time.

AR-Speedup: http://www.flexbeta.net/main/print.php?id=8466


Shane


"George Gee" wrote in message
...
Hi Shane.

As I have *always* had problems with Adobe Acrobat (any version),
can you enlarge on:
"Allow Multimedia Operations", "Allow Speculative Downloading in the
Background" crap?

ar-speedup?

George gee


*Shane* has posted this message:

Haven't had any problems - once configured. Once all that "Allow
Multimedia Operations", "Allow Speculative Downloading in the
Background" crap is disabled. Except for the excessive time to open -
and that was cured by that ar-speedup you posted the link to a while
back, Noel! I've been pleasantly surprised with the ease of reading
the 585 page 9/11 Report.pdf.


What problems are you having?




Shane


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
...and I'm getting so fed up with the hassle of AR6 on XP that I'm
considering going back to v5!

Acrobat has been getting more and more intrusive as the versions have
come - and someone really needs to take a massive cluestick to the
writers' collective heads, and bring what is supposed to be a plugin
back to what it's supposed to do - help the user read pdf files,
instead of attempting to be another browser/media player.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Janet,

I'm sorry to read that you weren't able to solve the problem with
Acrobat
6. I see though that you've dropped back to using Acrobat 5. I'll
tell you a little secret g, I also use Acrobat 5 on Win Me having
no need for the bloat that is Acrobat 6. :-)

Cheers,
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Janet wrote:

I went to the Adobe site and downloaded an older version
5.1 and everything is okay now
thank you for your advice