[comp.dcom.lans] Was: copy-protect

hania@utrcu1.UUCP (Simon Hania) (01/31/90)

In article <857@gator.usl.edu> pcb@gator.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) writes:
>However, some software barfs at this, namely Microsoft C 5.1.  The compiler
>prints the message "Invalid program module".  This occurs for the make and
>link invocations.    Any ideas????   Is the compiler et.al. trying to
>read from themselves?
> 

Probably. If you have WordPerfect you can experience the same problems.
These programs start up and subsequently open the .EXE file for read
access, in order to bring overlays into memory.
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