Links 2000: Flybys and Multimedia Video Tours Are Unavailable (246502)

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to play a flyby or a multimedia video tour in Microsoft Links LS 2000 or Microsoft Links LS Classic, you may experience the following symptoms:

The flyby or multimedia video tour may be unavailable.
You may be prompted to insert a particular Links LS CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, but the CD-ROM drive does not recognize the CD-ROM, and you continue to be prompted to insert the CD-ROM.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if any of the following conditions are true:

The course for which you want to play a flyby is one of the following courses included with Links LS 2000 or Links LS Classic:
- Covered Bridge Golf Club
- Hapuna Golf Course
- Mauna Kea Resort
- St. Andrews Links Jubilee Course
- St. Andrews Links New Course
- The Old Course At St. Andrews Links
The course for which you want to play a flyby or a multimedia video tour is one of the following courses
- Congressional
- Links 5 Course Libraries Volumes 1-4
- Pebble Beach
- Sea Island
- Valderama
- Valhalla
or any of the courses included with Links LS 1997 (MS-DOS) Edition.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, use the Hole Preview feature of Links LS 2000 or Links LS Classic to view the landscape of a given hole:

When you are ready to swing, drag the pointer to the bottom of the screen to activate the menus.
On the Display menu, click Hole Preview.
Click OK when you want to close the Hole Preview window.

NOTE: The Hole Preview feature is available for the following golf courses only:

Covered Bridge Golf Club
Hapuna Golf Course
Mauna Kea Resort
St. Andrews Links Jubilee Course
St. Andrews Links New Course
The Old Course At St. Andrews Links