# 6008- "This is not a Registration File:" Error Message

The error message "This is not a registration file" may be generated when installing software or
manually registering a software application by double-clicking the *.REG file in the Windows® NT
3.51 or Windows® 95 environment.

The software will not be registered by the operating system, and as a result, will not have Object
Linking and Embedding (OLE) capability.

For Windows 95 users:
The error message is generated if Windows 95 is utilizing an older version of REGEDIT.EXE
(Size: 32,336 bytes  Date: 11/1/93). 
 
The correct version of this file (Size: 120,320 bytes  Date: 11/07/95) should be present in the
Windows 95 folder.  If the installed file does not match these specifications, the updated version may
be copied from the Windows 95 CD-ROM to the Windows 95 folder on the hard drive. For assistance
locating and extracting this file from the Windows 95 CD-ROM, contact Microsoft Technical
Support.

For Windows NT 3.51 users:
The first Windows NT version of REGEDIT.EXE originated with version 3.5, and did not support
any of the following Windows 95 registry entries:

     •    REGEDIT4 statements in the *.REG files
     •    The @ symbol or double quotes.

For example, REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Corel\CorelDRAW\6.0]       
@"ConfigDir"="e:\\COREL60\\CONFIG"

Windows NT 3.51 modified the REGEDIT program to comply with the Windows 95 version, but did
not always replace the REGEDIT.EXE file as required. These modifications were supported by
Windows NT, but NOT by Windows 95.  

The correct REGEDIT.EXE file (Size: 36,896 bytes  Date: 5/25/95) should be located in the
Windows NT folder.  If the file does not match these specifications, proceed with the following:

Copy the REGEDIT.EXE file from the Windows NT 3.51 CD-ROM to the Windows NT folder on
the hard drive.  This will overwrite the older version.  For assistance locating and extracting this file
from the Windows NT 3.51 CD-ROM, contact Microsoft Technical Support.
  
Note:  For users installing CorelDRAW™ 6 on a Windows NT Server, it is necessary to log on as the
ADMINISTRATOR in order to successfully enter *.REG files into the registry, even if the User
account has administrative rights.  To avoid this error message, log on as the ADMINISTRATOR
before installing CorelDRAW 6.

Note: If you have upgraded from Windows 3.X and installed Windows NT 3.51 to the same folder in
a dual boot configuration, then the *.REG files should be manually edited. It is not recommended to
copy over the REGEDIT.EXE due to a potential loss of OLE functionality under Windows 3.X.