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[Dame de la Licorne]

Hullo,

After a long hiatus, I recently decided to get back into DF.  After realizing that the new Mac version doesn't work on my Tiger machine, I loaded up the Windows SDL version and installed it in Windows XP using Parallels Desktop on my Mac.  After extracting the files, I go to start DF and...get the following error message:

The procedure entry point DecodePointer could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll.

I replaced the kernel32.dll file with a more recent one and changed the regsvr32 so that it pointed to the updated dll, but I still get the same error message.  Has anyone run into this problem and/or have suggestions?

Dame de la Licorne

[Quietust]

You can't just go replacing kernel32.dll, as it is a vital operating system component - in fact, it's highly likely that your replacement attempt had no effect at all because Windows File Protection undid it for you.

The reason your kernel32.dll doesn't have DecodePointer is because your copy of Windows XP is too out of date - you must install Service Pack 2 or later in order to run Dwarf Fortress.

[Teamwork]

You need to update your windows xp to Windows Xp Service Pack 3.