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This article discusses the following error: RM-AddOnInit failed in the wow Runtime dll and WOW MFC Runtime (wowmfcrt.dll) load failure

Problem:

When attempting to run a WOW Extensions v12 application on Windows 2000 (thick or thin client) you experience the following errors:

RM-AddOnInit failed in the wow Runtime dll” and “WOW MFC Runtime (wowmfcrt.dll) load failure

Resolution:

Deploy the attached uxtheme.dll into the directory containing the wowmfcrt.dll. This DLL provides stubs for the theme functions used by the WOW runtime.

Note: The un-themed WOW runtime references these function but does not attempt to call them as Microsoft doesn’t provide theme support on Windows 2000.

Incident Number: 2284518

Old KB# 14451