Microsoft KB Archive/176366

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FP1: Could Not Make Connection Error Starting FrontPage

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Q176366

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft FrontPage for the Power Macintosh, version 1.0

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SYMPTOMS
When you start FrontPage Editor or FrontPage Explorer, you receive the following message:

Could not make connection to the FrontPage Editor (or FrontPage Explorer). Please try to start the FrontPage Editor (or FrontPage Explorer) from the Finder.

The command could not be completed, because there is not enough memory available. Closing windows or quitting application programs can make more memory available.

WORKAROUND
If you receive this error message, follow these steps:

 Check Virtual Memory on the computer. Note that you can use Ram Doubler 1.5 or higher as a Virtual Memory substitute. Verify that all required components are available. To use Microsoft FrontPage 1.0, you need the following components:

 A Power PC-based Macintosh computer running at 100 MHz or higher. Apple Macintosh System Software version 7.5.3 or higher. 16 Megabytes (MB) of RAM if virtual memory is turned on. Microsoft recommends you have at least 24 MB of RAM. 30 MB of available hard disk space.   Verify that all required FrontPage Extensions and Preferences files exist. You should have the following files installed on your computer: <pre class="FIXEDTEXT">     Extensions --

FP client Library FP Convert Library FP Extender Library FP Image Library FP Open Transport FP Splash Library FP ToDo Library FP Utility Library FP WebPost Library Microsoft C Runtime Library Microsoft Controls Library Microsoft MFC 4.0 Library Microsoft MFC 4.0 OLE Library Microsoft OLE Automation Microsoft OLE Dialog Library Microsoft OLE Extension Microsoft OLE Library Microsoft OLE Portability Library Microsoft Portability Library Microsoft RichEdit Library

Preferences ---

Embedding Preferences FrontPage Editor Preferences FrontPage Explorer Preferences FrontPage Preferences FrontPage Registry Emulation PPC Registration Database NOTE: If you are troubleshooting the "Cannot connect to FrontPage Editor (or FrontPage Explorer)" error, completely uninstall FrontPage. After you uninstall FrontPage, remove the extensions and preferences files listed above and then reinstall FrontPage. After reinstalling FrontPage start FrontPage Editor only. This will recreate the Preferences files.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: "Q175454 FP1: How to Completely Remove FrontPage for the Macintosh"</li> Rebuild the Desktop by using one of the following methods:

 Restart the computer while pressing the COMMAND+OPTION keys.</li> Insert the disk while pressing the COMMAND+OPTION keys (use this method to rebuild the Desktop on a floppy disk only).</li> Press COMMAND+OPTION+ESC [or the tilde (~) character] to force quit the Finder. Continue to press the COMMAND+OPTION keys while the computer restarts and until you receive a message asking you if you want to Rebuild the Desktop.</li></ul> </li> Increase the memory for the program.</li></ol>

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