Various Error Messages Appear When You Try to Play a Training Movie in Combat Flight Simulator 3 (822229)

SYMPTOMS

When you try to play the training movies in Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms:

Combat Flight Simulator 3 may stop responding (hang).
You may receive an error message that is similar to one or more of the following:
Internet Explorer Script Error
An error occurred in the script on this page.
Line: 206
Char: 3
Error: Object doesn't support this property or method.
Code: 0
URL: File://C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator 3\Help\Helpers\Types\Mediaview.htc
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When you click Click Here, you may receive the following details, where Offset may vary:
Error Signature AppName: Cfs3.exe
Appver. 3.0.0.21007
Modname: Datime.dll
Modver: 9.1.9.727
Offset: Offset

CAUSE

This issue may occur if Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or earlier is installed on your computer. Also, this issue may occur on Microsoft Windows 98-based computers where Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 is installed.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, view the training movies outside the game. To do so, follow these steps:

Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type the following line where Drive is the letter of the hard disk where Combat Flight Simulator 3 is installed:
Drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator 3\Help\Video
Click OK.
Double-click to start one of the following movie files:
- Divebomb
- Immelmann
- Split_S
- Strafe
The training movie starts successfully.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, download and install the most recent version of Internet Explorer. To view the training movies in Combat Flight Simulator, install the latest version of Internet Explorer. To install the latest version of Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx