DOCUMENT:Q303112 29-JAN-2002 [homegame] TITLE :Pandora's Box: Run-Time Error When You Attempt to Start Game PRODUCT :Microsoft Home Games PROD/VER::1.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbimu ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Pandora's Box, version 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you try to start Microsoft Pandora's Box, you receive one of the following error messages: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Pandora's Box\pandora.icd. Abnormal program termination -or- Unable to create DirectDraw surface. Make sure that DirectX is installed, and then try again. RESOLUTION ========== To resolve this issue, download and install the Pandora's Box Update Patch Set 1.0 from the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/games/pandorasbox/downloads.htm NOTE: If you do not receive these error messages upon startup, there is no need to download the patch. Additional query words: msgame ====================================================================== Keywords : kbimu Technology : _IKkbbogus kbGamesSearch kbPandoraSearch kbPandorasBox Version : :1.0 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2002.