Windows 98 (SE) shut down

[John]

Out of the clear blue, during shut down a program called "taskmon.exe" is causing a GPF and windows won't shut down until you click "OK". For me it's no problem clicking OK but it bugs me that it just started happening. Anyone have any ideas??

[MishY]

Hi John,

Have a read of this MSKb article Q197791

Does this acurately describe your problem ? From my reading of it it does, but you may know any other circumstances that were not included in your post.

The Fix -

Double-click My Computer.

Double-click the drive that contains the Windows.

On the View menu, click Folder Options and click the View tab. Under the Hidden Files section, click Show All Files. Then click OK.

Double-click the Windows folder.

Right-click the Applog folder, click Rename, type a new name for the folder (such as Applog2), and then press ENTER.

Restart your computer. The Applog folder and log files are re-created automatically.

BTW you should also rename your taskmon back to its original filename - that's if this problem is the same as your earlier post.

Is the other post you have about 3 or 4 topics down from this one the same problem ?

If it is I'll close that one so we can focus on this topic. Please let me know.

Thanks,

MishY

[John]

MishY - yes, the topic 3 or 4 ago was from me and is the same so we can drop that one. You hit the nail on the head!! - The article you pointed me to was the exact problem - I renamed the Applog file, renamed taskmon back to original and now the problem has dissapeared - Thanks a million - I assume it would be OK to delete the old Applog file that I renamed??

John

[MishY]

Yes John once you have rebooted and Windows has created another applog file you can go ahead and delete the one you had previously renamed.



MishY