I'd like to pass on a thousand congratulations to Peter Horsbøll Møller! As some of you may recall, two months ago I asked for help regarding the fact that MapInfo would suddenly no longer open workspaces that contained a Layout Window (it got to the point of opening the Layout Window and hung), and if I tried to edit a layer, MapInfo hung.
I was at my wits end, and after several helpful replies from others, decided that the only way to fix the problem was to reformat the hard drive and re-install everything. Luckily however, I did not do it, and then went on vacation for six weeks. Upon my return (and unpteen MapInfo-L messages in the Inbox!) I noticed a reply Peter gave to Dewen Hou regarding MapInfo hanging under different circumstances (Post attached below). I thus went into my C:\Documents and Settings\William Donaldson\Local Settings\Temp\ subdirectory and found the following temp files: ~Map0000.tmp to ~Map9999.tmp inclusive, a total of 10,000 temp files (a result of two years worth of work on the computer)! So I deleted all of them and presto, MapInfo is working perfectly! So many thanks again Peter! As an aside, MapInfo Corp may want to look into some sort of routine to automatically delete these temp files so the problem doesn't happen to others (unless there is a method already that I don't know about). The list is great ... all the best to everyone for 2006. Bill Donaldson ============================================================================ ================== > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Horsbøll Møller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Dewen Hou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[email protected]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 4:02 AM > Subject: RE: [MI-L] MapInfo hung up > > > I think this is the typical problem of a full Windows temp folder, so try to > do some cleaning up on you disk, especially in this folder: > > c:\Documents and Settings\PEM\Local Settings\Temp\ > > where PEM is your username > > Peter Horsbøll Møller > GIS Developer, MTM > Geographical Information & IT > > COWI A/S > Odensevej 95 > DK-5260 Odense S. > Denmark > > Tel +45 6311 4900 > Direct +45 6311 4908 > Mob +45 5156 1045 > Fax +45 6311 4949 > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cowi.dk/gis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dewen Hou > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 8:45 PM > To: [email protected]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [MI-L] MapInfo hung up > > > > Posting a request from a co-worker: > > I ran into a rather unusual problem with MapInfo. I was running a Mapbasic > program to aggregate some counts within polygons and mid way through the > program, MapInfo hung up. I shut down MapInfo and tried to re-start the > program and it continued to do the same. Now, if I open any table in MapInfo > and try to select a record from the browser and try to browse the selection, > it just hangs up with the hour glass. I tried to completely un-install and > re-install MapInfo/Mapbasic, tried re-booting but nothing is fixing the > problem. > > Wondering if any one encountered this before. Any ideas to resolve the issue > will be greatly appreciated. > _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list [email protected] http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
