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From: mcafee@netcom.COM (McAfee Associates)
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Subject: Re: SCAN hangs while checking Window's SOL.EXE file (PC)
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Date: 15 May 91 00:40:37 GMT
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SSIRCAR@ecs.umass.edu (Sant.) writes:
>Has anyone had problems with SCANV77?  When I scan my hard drive, the
>program hangs on one particular file, SOL.EXE, Window's solitaire
>program.  I don't have problems with running the game and SCAN doesn't
>have problems with any other file.  In order to continue, I have to
>press 'F' to accept the failure.  Does anyone know why this is
>happening?

It sounds like you are exiting to DOS from Windows to run SCAN, and
have a file running under Windows.  You can either exit Windows and
then run SCAN, or shut down the Solitaire program and then run SCAN.
Alternatively, you can run SCAN with the /UNATTEND option which will
install a critical error handler that will allow SCAN to automatically
select "Fail" when it comes across a file in use.  I would recommend
that if you use the /UNATTEND option, you also use the /REPORT option
so that you will have a record of any files that were skipped.

Aryeh Goretsky
McAfee Associates Technical Support