From: fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: Can't run on Windows NT an application compiled with gcc on
24 Nov 1996 22:25:45 -0800
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Emmanuel STAPF, you wrote:
> 
> I compiled with succes small application on windows 95 with gcc.
> I was very surprised to see my application can't run on Windows
> NT. I've got the following message from Windows NT :
> "This program is not a valid Windows NT Application"

I experienced similar symptoms as a result of compiling
with `gcc -s' (to strip the executable).  Removing the
`-s' option worked in my case.

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