Microsoft KB Archive/285434

= PPT2002: Can't Stop or Cancel Repeat Error Message &quot;The Source Application Is Busy and Can't Respond Immediately&quot; =

Article ID: 285434

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q285434





SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open an embedded object in a PowerPoint presentation, you may receive the following error message:

&quot;The source application is busy and can't respond immediately.&quot;

Even when you click Cancel, you continue to receive the error message.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when the object is already open for editing and the application has a modal window open. Modal windows are dialog boxes or error messages that need to be closed before you can do anything else with the program. Clicking Cancel does not stop PowerPoint from trying to activate the embedded object.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Cancel.
 * 2) On the task bar, select the program that has the object open.

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Cycle through open windows by pressing ALT+TAB repeatedly, until you select the program that has the object open.
 * 1) Close any open dialog boxes or error messages for this program.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: PPT OfficeErrorMessages 10054

Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg kbpending KB285434

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