> On 2012-05-17 11:15, Peter Holsberg wrote:
>> EE<nu...@bees.wax> wrote:
>>
>> On 2012-05-16 20:09, Peter Holsberg wrote:
>>> A friend got this error message:
>>>
>>> The application or DLL C:\Program Files\Firefox\mozalloc.dll is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against
>>> your installation diskette.
>>>
>>> Looks like she clicked on a link in Thunderbird.
>>>
>>> It's Win XP; no idea what versions of FF or TB.
>>>
>>> Suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>> Files with the extension .dll are subroutine libraries, not images.
>> Sometimes those files can contain icons, but they are not classified as
>> images.
>> What was your friend trying to do?
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>> She clicked on a link in TB.
>
> What was she expecting to accomplish by clicking the link? Did she
> think she would be viewing an image, or downloading a file, or visiting
> a web page?
I don't think I've ever seen a link to an image on a webpage. She was trying to get to a web page.
"These days", nothing. But when she got her computer, almost everything.