Subject Re: dbase won't stay running From Donald Wellsand <donald.wellsand@gmail.com> Date Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:52:54 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Heinz Kesting Wrote: > Hi Donald, > > dbase will start but after 3 or 4 seconds it shuts down. > > I deleted the ini file to allow it to create a new one. > > Still won't stay running. > > It used to work ok. > > > > The last week I spent changing from a WIN10 to a WIN11 machine. It was a > bit more hassle than I had expected, and I experienced - mostly in > connection to issues with my firebird installation - some dBase crashes. > > At least twice in this process I was facing the same situation you > describe here, and by coincidence I found that in my case the trouble > was with a file named INMEM000.REM which resides in the same directory > as the PLUS.INI file. > > This file INMEM000.REM seems to be created when dBase starts and is > normally deleted when it shuts down. In my case, it appeared that the > file wasn't erased after closing. After manually deleting this file and > the INI file as well dBase started normally, of course with default > values, but it was up and running. > > Of course I held a copy of the INI file, simply by renaming it, so it > was easy to restore my settings. > > Please check the folder where PLUS.INI is located, usually something like: > > C:\Users\Your_User_Name\AppData\Local\dBASE\PLUS\BIN\PLUS.INI > > Try like I did, rename your INI file, and delete the INMEM000.REM if > there is one. > > Hope this helps. > Kind regards, Heinz > > -- > Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast-Antivirussoftware auf Viren geprüft. > www.avast.com Heinz, Thank you for your response. I removed INMEM000.REM and saved my ini file. The program still closes after 3 or 4 seconds. I tried this 4 times with the same results. Donald