On Monday, September 8, 2003, 12:44:16 PM, David R. Austen wrote: > Over the past few weeks, I have discovered that the only way to > reliably start The Bat (1.62i) is to first start and then exit Outlook > (Outlook is not used for my email.)
> And nearly every time I start The Bat, I see this message: "A call to > an OS function failed." I then hit Enter and The Bat runs normally. I run Outlook and TB (I also use Time and Chaos for work task scheduling, but have not found it to be an adequate replacement for my contacts and diary). I do not have any problems, but this message does ring a bell - it sounds a bit like Outlook and TB fighting it out over default settings, as Outlook fights a rearguard action if it is not the default client. Have a look at the Programs settings in IE (Tools|Internet Options|Programs) and then the individual defaults for Outlook and TB and see if you can find any conflicts. I always had problems with TB being the default handler for .VCF, so I leave this and MSG unticked in TB! Everything works fine without. Julian -- Using The Bat! v2.00 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.00 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
