WD2000: Invalid Page Fault with Tasks.ExitWindows Command (220435)

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Word Visual Basic for Applications Tasks.ExitWindows command, Word may crash. You may receive the following error message:

In Microsoft Windows 2000

WINWORD.EXE has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program.

An error log is being created.

To view the error log, click Start, point to Search, and then click For Files or Folders. In the Search for files and folders named box, type drwtsn32.log and then click Search Now. After the file is found, right-click Drwtsn32 (Drwtsn32.log), and then click Open on the shortcut menu that appears.

In Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.

If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

When you click Details (on Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, press ALT+D), you receive the following message:

WINWORD caused an invalid page fault in WINWORD.EXE at 0167:305f3a7a.

NOTE: The actual memory address may vary.

In Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.

WINWORD.exe

Exception: access violation (0xc0000005, address:0x305f3a7a)

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, use the following macro command:

Sub ExitMyWindows()
   WordBasic.ExitWindows
End Sub

MORE INFORMATION

The ExitWindows method closes all open programs, quits Microsoft Windows, and logs the current user off. This method does not save changes to open Word documents or macros; however, it does prompt you to save changes to open documents in other Windows-based programs. This method is not available on the Macintosh.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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