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GP Faults Generated After Restarting a Program

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Article ID:135163
Last Review:January 19, 2007
Revision:1.2
This article was previously published under Q135163

SYMPTOMS

If you close a 16-bit program that is listed as not responding in the Close Program dialog box and then restart the program, you may receive a general protection (GP) fault error message.

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CAUSE

When you close a program normally, the program's dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) are unloaded from memory. When you use the Close Program dialog box to close a program that is not responding, the program's DLLs are not unloaded and are not reinitialized properly when you restart the program.

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RESOLUTION

Shut down and restart the computer.

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MORE INFORMATION

This situation does not occur with 32-bit programs.

To access the Close Program dialog box, press CTRL+ALT+DEL.

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Windows 95
•Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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