p3ay@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (10/23/90)
Help -- I am having an INIT/system problem that is trashing applications. It happens only irregularly (read: I haven't had the chance to track down the real problem) but it manages to make an application permanently "busy." i.e. when I try to relaunch the application I get a "The file "Blah" could not be opened/printed (-39)" alert. This happens most often to QUED/M and Word. Usually I just replace the broken application with another copy and continue on my merry way. But.... the crux of this posting is that my backup copy of QUED/M is broken (for some other, unknown reason); so, 1) Has anyone see/fixed this before? and 2) Is there any way to fix the "busy" application? All help would be greatly appreciated. Bill Noon -- p3ay@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
ml27192@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (10/24/90)
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Help -- I am having an INIT/system problem that is trashing applications.
It happens only irregularly (read: I haven't had the chance to track down the
real problem) but it manages to make an application permanently "busy." i.e.
when I try to relaunch the application I get a "The file "Blah" could not be
opened/printed (-39)" alert. This happens most often to QUED/M and Word.
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2) Is there any way to fix the "busy" application?
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Mind you, I haven't tried these, but something like this might do it:
Duplicate the application and run the copy
Rebuild the desktop file.
Restart.
If the system is screwed up and the application is still good, the first one
would probably be the easiest.
Mark Lanett