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Subject:Re: Does Frame crash? From:Debbie Lemasters <Debbie -dot- Lemasters -at- MARCAM -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 3 Aug 1995 12:58:12 -0400
It's my experience that if I don't use Word, then Frame
doesn't crash. I certainly can't have them both open at
the same time.
When I get Frame's General Protection error, it's because
Word has left ~*.tmp files behind. You can close Windows
and let Windows do its housecleaning. Or, check to see
if you have any files with a file type of "TMP" on your
hard drive:
c:>dir *.tmp /s /p
Delete them (if neither Word nor Frame is running).
I find that Word crashes often and leaves these ~*.tmp files
behind. It may be that Frame is not crashing for you but that
it is bumping into these Word leftovers.
Debbie Lemasters
debbie -dot- lemaster -at- marcam -dot- com
P.S. It's a good idea to purge your system periodically of
all ~*.tmp files. You might also want to run CHKDSK from time
to time if you've been crashing.
>I have used Frame on UNIX, Mac, and the PC. Yes, it crashes on the Mac
>and PC (I've never had it crash on UNIX)... but not nearly as often as Word.
>I have been getting "General Protection Faults" on the average of four to
>five times a day (with the PC version). This is very annoying, but
>everytime I come back to my document it has been fully intact.
