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Binnie · Posted - Fri Aug 01, 2003 7:41 pm

sup guys, lately cool edit won't even open it says some stupid ass error that closes the program. Before this used to happen i could open it but the next time i try to go into it it would do that same error and i would have to renistall it. Now it just does the error everytime i try to open it and i cant fix it. ive also tried a friends copy of cool edit but it still does the error. im completely stumped, can someone help me?

bonnder · Posted - Fri Aug 01, 2003 7:57 pm

How much money did you pay for your copy of Cool Edit? What version is it. How long has it been installed on your computer? Same questions for your friend whose copy you borrowed.

William Rose · Location: USA

Well, yes.

What version of Cool Edit? (Cool Edit 2000, Cool Edit Pro 1.2, 2.0 or 2.1)

And,

What does the error message SAY ?

William Rose · Location: USA

Ok well thanks for the response dawg. You probably have a PE_CIH virus roaming around on your hard disk. Or, maybe not.

If the error message pops up just as the progress bar caption says "Building Layout" it's a distinct possibility.

Course I'm talking about Cool Edit Pro 2.0 or 2.1.

Oh yeah, which version did you have ?

Or maybe you need to give your hard disk a good swift headslap. Or drop it on the floor from a height of about eight feet or so.

Try sticking it in the freezer for a couple of days.

Or, gently warming it in a 250 degree oven for a few hours, or until it stinks.

(Just kidding, I'm bored.)

Binnie · Posted - Sat Aug 02, 2003 12:21 pm

the version is 2.0 and the error pops up when it says building layout. The error report says this will be included in it "C:\DOCUME~1\??\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERD.tmp.dir00\appcompat.txt" if that is any mroe help to u guys. i think i might have that virus u talkin about PE_CIH because something similar happened to WIndows Media Player every time i tryed to play a file on it but now its fine.

Binnie · Posted - Sat Aug 02, 2003 1:23 pm

i had the w32 virus but i then downloaded norton and cool edit works now!!! Smile

VoodooRadio · Location: USA

Glad to hear your up and running! ;)

Virus's SUCK!

William Rose · Location: USA

Wonder why CEP 2.x is so vulnerable to these things.....In my case, and I've said this before but, what the hell, I'll say it again - Nothing else on my system seemed to be affected in the least. And my computer was absolutely crawling with instances of "CIH".

And I've been able to bump at least four people in the right direction when reporting these symptoms. The "building layout" freeze.

jonrose · Location: USA

Well, then that's a good thing. The Syntrillium team have produced yet another indicator of system health.
8)

Best... -Jon

MusicConductor · Location: USA

Amazing with these viruses! Now, am I imagining things, or are these viruses especially prevalent with those still using 2.0 instead of 2.1 (William excepted here)?

William Rose · Location: USA

MC, you make it sound like people are getting the virus from CEP 2.0 more often than from 2.1 !

But seriously, there's something about this relatively recent spate of posts that's troubling.

I don't see anybody mentioning that they have been dealing with the problem for any length of time.......Usually they've "just downloaded" the copy of CEP that's causing problems. And the thing is, you can't get 2.0 from Syntrillium anymore.

Then again, I couldn't get 2.0 or 2.1 to work in the presence of this virus, except in XP.

So yeah, I would say the most common complaints come from 2.0 users who are running with 98,SE, or ME. And the least common would be 2.1 users running with XP. In fact I'm not sure if anybody from the latter group has had this problem.

MusicConductor · Location: USA

Of course I don't mean it to sound like the program is the cause of the virus -- obviously it isn't. I don't even think it's susceptible more than anything else (note that Binnie also had probems with WMP, suggesting that this particular virus attacks multimedia in general).

I want to be careful not to be unfair here, so I'll give another clue as to my previous drift. What would motivate a significant group of people to not upgrade to 2.0?

MusicConductor · Location: USA

William Rose · Location: USA

2.1 ? Do you mean "What would motivate a significant group of people to not upgrade to 2.1?"

Right, or, like I said, how would you go about downloading CEP 2.0 today ?

But, I'm gonna be the last person to make any assumptions, because in this case, it could have been me at the other end........

VoodooRadio · Location: USA

bonnder · Posted - Sun Aug 03, 2003 2:46 pm

Must be the summer heat - making everybody a little bit slow on this one. Cool

VoodooRadio · Location: USA

Must be!