Application Cannot Start in Window, Yet Can Run in Window (63825)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Windows 3.0a
- Microsoft Windows 3.1
- Microsoft Windows 3.11
This article was previously published under Q63825 SYMPTOMS
You may get the following error message when you try to start a non-Windows
application in a window under Microsoft Windows version 3.0:
You cannot run this application while other high-resolution
applications are running fullscreen. The application will be
suspended until a low-resolution or text application is running
fullscreen. Check the PIF settings to ensure they are correct.
However, if you start the same application fullscreen and then switch it
into a window (by pressing ALT+SPACEBAR), it runs without any problem.
CAUSE
This behavior often occurs with non-Windows applications that are text
based but have an initial graphics logo screen. Some applications, such as
PFS Write and PFS File, have an initial graphics screen bearing the logo of
the application. Because of this initial graphics screen, the applications
cannot start in a window. After the initial logo screen is displayed, these
and many other applications switch to a text-based display. For this
reason, after the initial graphics screen is displayed, the application can
run in a window.
NOTE: "Print preview" or "page preview" screens are usually graphics-type
displays. Your application may lock up and give you the above error message
if you attempt to use "print preview" or "page preview" type features while
running the application in a window.
WORKAROUND
Unless you can disable or skip this initial logo screen, you must start the
application in a full screen and then reduce it to a window after it is
running.
MORE INFORMATION
This problem also occurs with a program such as Microsoft Word 5.0 if it is
started in a text mode other than 25 line mode (such as 43 line mode on an
EGA/VGA and 50 line mode on a VGA). This is an example of an application
that ends up in text mode but transitions first through what looks like a
graphics mode.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 7/7/2005 |
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Keywords: | KB63825 |
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