Error Starting Norton Utilities Directory Sort (89951)
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 Q89951 SYMPTOMS
If you try to start Norton's Utility version 6.01 Directory Sort from
within Windows, you may receive the following error message:
Caution: Fastopen is installed. Because Fastopen keeps
information about directories including the location of directory
entries, Directory Sort will not work when Fastopen is in use.
If you run Directory Sort from MS-DOS, outside of Windows, the program
runs normally.
CAUSE
Norton's Directory Sort is giving an incorrect error message. The
error message should say that you cannot run this program from within
a multitasking environment because the low-level disk access that
Directory Sort performs may cause data corruption if another
application attempts to access the disk at the same time.
WORKAROUND
Run Norton's Directory Sort from outside the Windows environment.
In addition to Directory Sort, Norton technical support recommends
that the following programs should not be run from within Microsoft
Windows 3.1:
- Speed Disk
- Calibrate
- Erase Protect
- Directory Sort
- Unerase
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products' performance or reliability.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 7/7/2005 |
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| Keywords: | KB89951 |
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