Re: [Mingw-msys] touch.exe is not working and is causing XP to crash

[Keith M. <kei...@to...>]

Joel C. Salomon wrote:
>> This fixed it:
>>
>> C:\WINNT\system32>ren vrfcore.dll vrfcore.dl-
>> C:\WINNT\system32>ren vfbasics.dll vfbasics.dl-
>
> That this fix worked is almost as disturbing as the fact that touch
> was even able to cause a system crash.  Where are these DLLs from?
> what are they for?
>
> <After asking Google> vfbasics.dll is part of Microsoft's "Application
> Verifier".

On what basis do Microsnot presume to "verify" applications which they
neither provide, nor support?

> There might be a log somewhere that may point out an actual bug
> in touch.exe.

While I don't rule out that possibility, I'd be more inclined to
suspect a bug in the Microsnot rubbish.

Regards,
Keith.