ThunkConnect32 error message

[Rebecca]

I just installed Studio 400, a home video editing system
that I used on my old computer (Win 98). I installed it
on my laptop and set up all of the hardware (camcorder,
VCR, cables), but now when I click the icon to start the
program, I get an error message:

"Studio 400.exe--Entry Point Not Found:
The procedure entry point ThunkConnect32 could not be
located in the dynamic link library KERNAL32.dll."

I found another message board that suggested the
person "register" the ThunkConnect thing by going to a
command (I went to DOS by going to START, then RUN,
then "cmd").

Then they said to type "regsvr32 /u thunkconnect32<enter>"

Well, I tried this. I even typed with and without spaces.
Each time I got an error message: "The command syntax is
not correct." I tried it on the C: drive, on the
C:/Windows drive, and even in the C:/Documents and
Settings drive!

Does anyone have any idea how to get my video driver to
work and to get this annoying ThunkConnect32 error
message from continuing to pop up???

Thanks so much,
Rebecca

 

[Quaoar]

I just installed Studio 400, a home video editing system
that I used on my old computer (Win 98). I installed it
on my laptop and set up all of the hardware (camcorder,
VCR, cables), but now when I click the icon to start the
program, I get an error message:

"Studio 400.exe--Entry Point Not Found:
The procedure entry point ThunkConnect32 could not be
located in the dynamic link library KERNAL32.dll."

I found another message board that suggested the
person "register" the ThunkConnect thing by going to a
command (I went to DOS by going to START, then RUN,
then "cmd").

Then they said to type "regsvr32 /u thunkconnect32<enter>"

Well, I tried this. I even typed with and without spaces.
Each time I got an error message: "The command syntax is
not correct." I tried it on the C: drive, on the
C:/Windows drive, and even in the C:/Documents and
Settings drive!

Does anyone have any idea how to get my video driver to
work and to get this annoying ThunkConnect32 error
message from continuing to pop up???

Thanks so much,
Rebecca

AIRC, and I could well be wrong, but anything "thunk" were kludges to
get the OS to do what the programmers needed for that particular OS.
So, you should try selecting Win98 compatibility mode for the program
and see if that works. Since these "thunks" were kludges, it might just
be simply incompatible, period, and you need an actual update to XP.

Q

 

[Rebecca]

Quaoar,
Thanks for the suggestion, but I tried that, too, to no
avail using the Compatibility Wizard, but the same error
message popped up instead of opening the program:

"Studio 400.exe--Entry Point Not Found:
The procedure entry point ThunkConnect32 could not be
located in the dynamic link library KERNAL32.dll."

If it is not at all compatible with Windows XP, why was I
able to use the installation CD to install it (in XP) on
the very same computer that I used to have Win 98 as the
OS? I would think this installation wouldn't happen, but
it did. (It just won't open.)

Also, this particular program (Studio 400, from
www.pinnaclesys.com) is upgradeable to Studio 8, and the
upgrade will run on: "Win 98 SE, ME, 2000, and XP." But
to upgrade, I have to have the previous version (400)
installed. (And I'd assume I'd have to be able to open
it, too!)

Any other thoughts??? Is there a more appropriate
newsgroup where I should be posting my question?

Thanks,
Rebecca
Wanting to dub video clips onto CD (or directly onto my
hardrive), saving them as MPGs (that's how Studio 400
saves them).

 

[Quaoar]

Quaoar,
Thanks for the suggestion, but I tried that, too, to no
avail using the Compatibility Wizard, but the same error
message popped up instead of opening the program:

"Studio 400.exe--Entry Point Not Found:
The procedure entry point ThunkConnect32 could not be
located in the dynamic link library KERNAL32.dll."

If it is not at all compatible with Windows XP, why was I
able to use the installation CD to install it (in XP) on
the very same computer that I used to have Win 98 as the
OS? I would think this installation wouldn't happen, but
it did. (It just won't open.)

Also, this particular program (Studio 400, from
www.pinnaclesys.com) is upgradeable to Studio 8, and the
upgrade will run on: "Win 98 SE, ME, 2000, and XP." But
to upgrade, I have to have the previous version (400)
installed. (And I'd assume I'd have to be able to open
it, too!)

Any other thoughts??? Is there a more appropriate
newsgroup where I should be posting my question?

Thanks,
Rebecca
Wanting to dub video clips onto CD (or directly onto my
hardrive), saving them as MPGs (that's how Studio 400
saves them).

Installation simply copies files into a directory, registers certain
parts of the application in the registry, and creates icons to access
the executable. There is no compatibility checking past that the vendor
might use to limit installation to a particular OS, by checking the OS
ID. Again, if compatibility mode does not work, then the app might well
be inoperable.

Q