Hi Folks,
Greetings.
Few of the Desktop Central users, who uses MS Windows 2000 Operating Systems, has experienced a pop-up issue. The error is typically read Path to GDIPlus.dll file is missing or simply a message conveying GDIPLUS.DLL file is missing (or atleast it is not in the path). The reason for the pop-up was the system couldn’t locate gdiplus.dll which is used by Desktop Central. Since these latest DLL is not available with MS Windows 2000 computers we get this error.
Microsoft has the solution for this. The following Knowledge base article describes this
MS Knowledge Base Article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915052
and below given is the actual patch file to be downloaded for GDI+
GDIplus.dll download URL
Though the name has XP, it is applicable for windows 2000. I’ve pasted the System Requirement path from the same KB
System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows Vista Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP Service Pack 3System Requirements: Microsoft Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 (Professional or Server)
As mentioned in the KB you will get a directory structure (you can specify the folder to extract) and in the extract you’ll find GDIplus.DLL. You need to copy this and place it in the path (typically system32 folder). This will resolve the gdiplus.dll pop issue on the Windows 2000 OS computers.
regards
romanus
