What happens if you turn off your anti-virus software? Perhaps that name is somehow triggering something in Norton that hangs your system. I have heard about performance problems of many types in many apps when the anti-virus program is active.
Larry Huisingh > Subject: Bizarre 2: On XP answer file command sometimes hangs > > I've no answer for David Epstein's problem, but I've > encountered a weird one of my own. > > Om XP (SP1), I have a simple utility tool made from the 2.5 > engine named "makeConfig_2.exe". There is a button on the > screen whose script has an "answer file" command in the first > line of the mouseUp handler. > I've been using it on and off for a year with no problems > until yesterday. When I clicked on the button, the app hung > before the Windows file selection dialog opened. It needed > the Task Manager to close out. After much pulling of hair, I > discovered that if I changed the exe name (for example to > "makeConfig.exe") it worked. But if I changed it back again, > it didn't. > > During the hair-pulling, I was able to confirm the following: > > -- the original stack worked fine from the IDE. > -- another exe which was working fine, displayed the same > problem when renamed to "makeConfig_2.exe" > -- renaming the original problem "makeConfig_2.exe" to > anything else (makeConfi_2.exe, pie.exe, etc.) would make the > problem go away. > -- When booted up from NT 4 from a separate drive on the same > machine, it works. > > Norton AntiVirus shows the system to be clean. > No major changes to the machine recently (except for network > reconfiguration) > Later in the day, the SP2 update failed on the same machine. > (might indicate a problem) > > Any similar experiences or thoughts?? > > 1-- Is "makeConfig_2.exe" a well-known no-no for file naming? > 2-- Time to do a complete re-install on this machine? > 3-- The house is haunted? > > Before 2 though, I'd feel better if I knew what was going on. > > Cheers > Dave > _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
