Q166991: OS/2 Error 1588444941 When Starting OS/2 App as a Service

Article: Q166991
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.5,3.51,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbtshoot
Last Modified: 25-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Your attempts to launch the OS/2-based applications may fail when started as a
service with OS/2 error 1588444941. The error may still occur even though the
application will launch fine in console mode.

CAUSE
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The above error indicates a failure loading. This can be because of corruption
in either the application or the OS/2 subsystem files.

RESOLUTION
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Try to remove and reinstall the application software before you attempt to
replace the OS/2 subsystem files as corrupt application files are more often the
cause of the error.

To reinstall the OS/2 subsystem use EXPAND.EXE or EXPNDW32.EXE (found in the
Windows NT Resource Kit) for the following files:

  OS2SS.EXE    - %SystemRoot%\System32\ 
  OS2.EXE      - %SystemRoot%\System32\ 
  OS2SRV.EXE   - %SystemRoot%\System32\ 
  NETAPI.DLL   - %SystemRoot%\System32\Os2\Dll\ 
  doscalls.dll - %SystemRoot%\System32\Os2\Dll\ 

Oso001.009 does not need to be expanded, but replace the file in the
%SystemRoot%\System32\Os2\ with a fresh copy.

For steps to remove the OS/2 subsystem registry entries please see the following
Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

  ARTICLE-ID: Q94566
  TITLE : GP Fault in OS/2 Subsystem


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbtshoot 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT351search kbWinNT350search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTW351search kbWinNTW351 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS351search kbWinNTS350search
Version           : :3.5,3.51,4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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