OS/2 Error 1588444941 When Starting OS/2 App as a Service
Article ID: 166991
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q166991
SYMPTOMS
Your attempts to launch the OS/2-based applications may fail when started
as a service with OS/2 error 1588444941. The error may still occur even
though the application will launch fine in console mode.
CAUSE
The above error indicates a failure loading. This can be because of
corruption in either the application or the OS/2 subsystem files.
RESOLUTION
Try to remove and reinstall the application software before you attempt to
replace the OS/2 subsystem files as corrupt application files are more
often the cause of the error.
To reinstall the OS/2 subsystem use EXPAND.EXE or EXPNDW32.EXE (found in
the Windows NT Resource Kit) for the following files:
OS2SS.EXE - %SystemRoot%\System32\
OS2.EXE - %SystemRoot%\System32\
OS2SRV.EXE - %SystemRoot%\System32\
NETAPI.DLL - %SystemRoot%\System32\Os2\Dll\
doscalls.dll - %SystemRoot%\System32\Os2\Dll\
Oso001.009 does not need to be expanded, but replace the file in the
%SystemRoot%\System32\Os2\ with a fresh copy.
For steps to remove the OS/2 subsystem registry entries please see the
following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
ARTICLE-ID: 94566
TITLE : GP Fault in OS/2 Subsystem
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