"WindowsLib Not Found" error message

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Ray_Dunakin
Feb 12, 2004
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Recently I had to reformat my hard drives on this computer, then reinstalled my apps. At the same time, I upgraded from PS v5.0 to v6.0.
Now Photoshop refuses to open, and I get an error message saying "Photoshop 6.0 can’t be opened because the file WindowsLib not found." I’m running OS 8.5 on an 8100.

I also have a G3 with OS 8.5, and Photoshop 6.0 runs just fine there. Yet when I search the drive for anything called "WindowsLib" I come up empty.

Anyone have a clue as to what’s going on??
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Chris_Cox
Feb 12, 2004
Either that’s part of a third party plugin, or part of your OS.

It is not part of Photoshop.
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Ray_Dunakin
Feb 12, 2004
That’s what I figured, but I can’t understand why Photoshop won’t open without it. I wonder if there’s some problem with my hard drive that Norton hasn’t detected, that could be causing this??
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Chris_Cox
Feb 12, 2004
More likely something missing from your OS install.
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Ann_Shelbourne
Feb 12, 2004
I believe that you used to need WindowsLib to open images that came over the internet from Windows machines.
I also remember that it was an Extension that caused Macs to freeze! If you really want it, you should find it here:
< http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/libwww/Library/?hideattic=0&onl y_with_tag=Release-4-1b1>
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Chris_Cox
Feb 12, 2004
No, I think it is part of MacOS 8 and 9.
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Ram
Feb 12, 2004
Chris,

If WindowsLib is part of Mac OS 9.x, then it must be buried deep in the code. I’m on 9.2.2 and a Sherlock search on WindowsLib turns up nothing.
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Graham_Phillips
Feb 12, 2004
There’s a WinSock Lib, could that be what you’re looking for?
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Ram
Feb 12, 2004
Graham,

The original poster (see topic header), Ray, says he gets a message about WindowsLib. I’d never heard of that, so when Chris Cox wrote that it mat be part of OS 9, I went to search for it, out of sheer curiosity. Personally I’m not looking for anything.
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Graham_Phillips
Feb 12, 2004
No I couldn’t find WindowsLib either. But I did find Winsock Lib, and thought that the original poster might have mistaken Winsock for Windows.
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Ann_Shelbourne
Feb 12, 2004
It was Winsock Lib that I was think of — and I definitely remember that it caused conflicts and freezes!
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Ram
Feb 12, 2004
I found this at the iCab site:

I get a <"WindowsLib" could not be found> error message. What is this?

This will happen for example if Quickdraw 3D is removed or not disabled correctly. Just remove/disable it completely or install Quickdraw 3D completely. (Note: full install of Quicktime on Classic MacOS will also install Quickdraw 3D).
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Ram
Feb 12, 2004
So, Chris Cox was right –again.

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