Freecell

This is a silly problem...but I love freecell. It has
disappeared and I can't fix it by using the inbox repair
tool. What can I do?

I tried the suggestions below and others. I even re-
installed windows over my system. I have also quit all
programs except systray and explorer and tried to run
freecell.
Now I get this message when I try to play: Freecell.exe
is not a valid Win 32 application.
Any other ideas?
Thanks for any help.

Below is the previous answer I received:
From a previous post.

Problems Running FreeCell And Solitaire with Office XP
Installed
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=3D304402

To work around this problem, prevent Ctfmon.exe from
running. For =
information about how to prevent Ctfmon.exe from running,
please see the =
following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:=20
282599 - OFFXP: What Is CTFMON and What Does It Do?:=20
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;EN-
US;282599

Also see:
Error: "FREECELL.EXE has caused a general protection
fault in CARDS.DLL" =
when running FreeCell after installing CleanSweep:=20
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...eep.nsf/2d3999
3bee5be87f85256=
90b0045c40c/2adbd7ff86bc1288852566cf00654c89?OpenDocument

Here are some replies I found in past newsgroup posts:

"I have now found out the problem for myself! It was to
do with having
Mcafee Virus Scan 6 installed and when this is running it
causes a conflict
with Freecell and Solitaire.
Disable virus scan when playing and everything works
fine!"

"He had over 500 emails in his OE in-box and many 100's
more saved in other
mailboxes.
These had a lot of big attachments like .JPG and .GIF
files. He started
cleaning out his =
mailboxes and moving attachments off the HD to CD-R.
After all this OE mailbox cleanup, FreeCell works!"

"It was a piece of software sent by my ISP (Freeserve) to
upgrade my account
to AnyTime.
If I press C/A/D and disable its ATdialler, FreeCell
works."

"Free Cell was locking up until, by reading a message on
this Newsgroup. I
turned off
IMGICON.EXE on the Start Menu (Control/Alt/Delete). By
instruction from
Iomega, after trying updated download for the Iomega Zip
drive, I did a
search for IMGICON.EXE and
deleted it. All Works fine now."
--
Source: Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

--

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
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Why on earth would you try to fix Freecell by using the Inbox Repair Tool? The
Inbox Repair Tool is used for fixing problems with the Outlook or Windows Messaging
inbox and personal files.

OL2000: (IMO) How to Use the Inbox Repair Tool to Recover Messages:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=197315
OL2000: How to Find and Run the Inbox Repair Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=272227

What do you mean by Freecell "has disappeared"?

Click Start Settings Folder Options View tab, and click to enable "Show All
Files" and click OK.
Click Start Settings Control Panel Add\Remove Programs Windows Setup tab,
uncheck Games, and click Apply.
Click Start Find Files and Folders, search the C: drive for Freecell.exe and
Cards.dll
If found, delete Freecell.exe, and rename Cards.dll to Cards.dl_
Click Start Settings Control Panel Add\Remove Programs Windows Setup tab, add a
checkmark for Games, and click Apply. Insert the Windows CD if prompted.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


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This is a silly problem...but I love freecell. It has
disappeared and I can't fix it by using the inbox repair
tool. What can I do?

I tried the suggestions below and others. I even re-
installed windows over my system. I have also quit all
programs except systray and explorer and tried to run
freecell.
Now I get this message when I try to play: Freecell.exe
is not a valid Win 32 application.
Any other ideas?
Thanks for any help.

Below is the previous answer I received:
From a previous post.

Problems Running FreeCell And Solitaire with Office XP
Installed
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=3D304402

To work around this problem, prevent Ctfmon.exe from
running. For =
information about how to prevent Ctfmon.exe from running,
please see the =
following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:=20
282599 - OFFXP: What Is CTFMON and What Does It Do?:=20
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;EN-
US;282599

Also see:
Error: "FREECELL.EXE has caused a general protection
fault in CARDS.DLL" =
when running FreeCell after installing CleanSweep:=20
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...eep.nsf/2d3999
3bee5be87f85256=
90b0045c40c/2adbd7ff86bc1288852566cf00654c89?OpenDocument

Here are some replies I found in past newsgroup posts:

"I have now found out the problem for myself! It was to
do with having
Mcafee Virus Scan 6 installed and when this is running it
causes a conflict
with Freecell and Solitaire.
Disable virus scan when playing and everything works
fine!"

"He had over 500 emails in his OE in-box and many 100's
more saved in other
mailboxes.
These had a lot of big attachments like .JPG and .GIF
files. He started
cleaning out his =
mailboxes and moving attachments off the HD to CD-R.
After all this OE mailbox cleanup, FreeCell works!"

"It was a piece of software sent by my ISP (Freeserve) to
upgrade my account
to AnyTime.
If I press C/A/D and disable its ATdialler, FreeCell
works."

"Free Cell was locking up until, by reading a message on
this Newsgroup. I
turned off
IMGICON.EXE on the Start Menu (Control/Alt/Delete). By
instruction from
Iomega, after trying updated download for the Iomega Zip
drive, I did a
search for IMGICON.EXE and
deleted it. All Works fine now."
--
Source: Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

--

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
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