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Cannot Start WordPerfect 6.0a After Local Reboot

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Article ID:132659
Last Review:November 15, 2006
Revision:1.1
This article was previously published under Q132659

SYMPTOMS

If you exit WordPerfect with a local reboot, you receive the following error message when you try to restart the program:
Cannot start MFWIN before previous instance has quit

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CAUSE

When you exit a 16-bit Windows-based program with a local reboot, the program does not cleanly remove all of its components from memory. In this case, DLLs are left in memory.

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RESOLUTION

To start WordPerfect again, restart Windows 95. To avoid this problem, exit WordPerfect normally.

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Windows 95

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