File Version Information May Be Incorrect in Windows 2000 Multilanguage Version (263212)

CAUSE

Version information is contained in the .mui resource file. When you view file properties through Windows Explorer, the version information that is displayed comes from the .mui file that is associated with a file, not the .exe or .dll file itself.

In some situations, a version comparison check is performed on a file and its associated .mui resource file, and in the case of a difference in version, the .mui information is not displayed and the correct file version is displayed in the graphical user interface (GUI). Version checking is active by default for Windows 2000 base files. As a result, when a version conflict exists between a file and its associated .mui resource file, resources are not loaded from the .mui file. Service pack files have version checking disabled by default, so the information listed on a file's property sheet is coming from the .mui resource file by default, which is not updated in service packs except to fix problems in the resource file itself (and is not necessarily updated when the .exe or .dll file it is associated with is updated in the service pack).