FP98: HTTP Error 400 Opening FrontPage Explorer
Article ID: 194058
Article Last Modified on 10/3/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q194058
For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see
145918.
SYMPTOMS
When you open FrontPage Explorer, click the List Webs button in the Open
Webs dialog box, or create a new Web, you get an HTTP 400 error message.
CAUSE
This error indicates insufficient memory due to one or more of the
following:
- Not enough physical Random Access Memory (RAM).
- Insufficient free space on your hard disk.
- Not enough virtual memory.
-or-
- Invalid or no Temp directory.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this error, follow these steps:
- Make sure that you have at least 16 megabytes (MB) of physical RAM
installed on your computer if you are running the Personal Web Server,
the FrontPage Explorer, and the FrontPage Editor at the same time. If
you are not running the Personal Web Server, but you are running the
FrontPage Explorer and FrontPage Editor, make sure your computer has at
least 8 MB of physical RAM.
- Verify that you have at least 16 MB of free space on the hard disk
drive.
- Make sure that you have a permanent swap file that of at least 20 MB.
- Check that there is a valid SET TEMP statement in the Autoexec.bat file.
Also make sure that the Temp directory exists and is not full of
temporary files. Microsoft recommends that you delete these temporary
files after you exit Windows.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
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