BUG: OleCreateLinkFromFile Fails on CD-ROM-Based File

ID: Q86408

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SYMPTOMS

In an OLE client application, the OleCreateLinkFromFile function returns the value OLE_ERROR_DRIVE.

CAUSE

The OleCreateLinkFromFile function is attempting to link to a source file on a CD-ROM drive.

RESOLUTION

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 1.0 of the OLE libraries provided with Microsoft Windows version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledgebase when it becomes available.

Additional reference words: 1.00 buglist1.00 KBCategory: kbole kbbuglist kbprg KBSubcategory: LeoneCliCreat

Last Reviewed: February 17, 1995