Error: "Windows cannot start more than one copy..."

[rjtiess at juno.com]

Ken Becker <beckerk at pls.lib.ca.us> writes:
>Anyone know how to prevent the error "Windows cannot start more than 
>one copy of this program"?  It comes up occasionally on our Win95 and
Win 
>3.11 Internet terminals when trying to start Netscape.  Netscape is not 
>open but Windows apparently thinks it is.  
>
>Rebooting sets it straight (perhaps some sort of memory problem?),
>but what might cause this?
>
>Thanks,
>Ken Becker
>Menlo Park PL

I've seen this happen after a patron or staff member
exits Netscape and tries to start it up shortly thereafter
(usually in a few seconds).  Netscape takes a while to
exit/deallocate its resources, moreso it seems if you have
your memory cache set above 1MB.  The remedy has been
to wait about 15 - 20 seconds after Netscape exits to try
starting it back up again.  Of course, if NN crashes that
can lead to other problems and rebooting may be the
only solution in that situtation.

Robert














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