Microsoft KB Archive/137689

Cannot Run Streets and Road Atlas at the Same Time

PSS ID Number: Q137689 Article last modified on 10-25-1995

4.00

WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

When you attempt to open Microsoft Automap Road Atlas and Microsoft Automap Streets simultaneously, the program you open first is the only program that is displayed.

= CAUSE =

The behavior occurs only if the programs are installed to separate folders.

= WORKAROUNDS =

To work around this problem, do either of the following:

  If Microsoft Automap Road Atlas and Microsoft Automap Streets are installed to different folders, exit whichever of these program you are currently running and open the other program. Closing the open program will allow you to switch between Microsoft Automap Road Atlas and Microsoft Automap Streets. -or-   Reinstall either Automap Road Atlas or Microsoft Automap Streets so that both programs are installed to the same folder. 

= MORE INFORMATION =

Microsoft Automap Road Atlas version 4.0 and Microsoft Automap Streets version 4.0 are designed to be installed to the same folder. If you install Microsoft Automap Road Atlas and Microsoft Automap Streets to the same folder, you are able to switch seamlessly between the two programs at the click of the mouse.

When Microsoft Automap Road Atlas and Microsoft Automap Streets are installed to the same folder, an icon is added to the toolbar of each program that enables you to easily switch between the two programs.

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