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On 8/10/03 00:05, keepa@ninevehsoft.com wrote:
> In <3F352D80.18D61929@tesco.net>, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard@tesco.net> writes:
>> k> The system freezes completely, even the mouse.
>>
>> "trap" has a specific meaning in the world of OS/2, and that is not it.
>>
>> Is the executable linking as a textual or as a graphical
>> application ?  What does EXEHDR /V say about it ?
> 
> Okay. I ran the same Hello World test exe (it is a console app) on my
> laptop (which has OS/2 Warp 4 with FP15) and it works fine there. It is
> only crashing on my desktop PC (also with OS/2 Warp 4 with FP15).
> 
> So I need to figure out what is hosed on my desktop. Any suggestions
> on where to start would be helpful.
> 
> 
Is it crashing or hanging? WDW is a great resource on OS/2.