HP NewWave Err Msg: Cannot Run a Non-Windows Application

 Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
Article ID: Q87140
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has confirmed that HP NewWave version 3.03 was designed primarily for compatibility with Microsoft Windows version 3.0. When running NewWave version 3.03 with Windows version 3.1 in 386 enhanced mode, the following error occurs while attempting to run any non-Windows application: 

   Cannot run a non-Windows application from the second instance of
   Windows; exit this instance of Windows and run your application
   from the original instance.
After exiting NewWave and restarting Windows 3.1, a different error occurs while attempting to run non-Windows applications: 

   Incorrect system version; reinstall the 386 enhanced mode of
   Windows.
Expanding WINOA386.MOD (Disk 4) and WINOLDAP.MOD (Disk 5) from the Windows 3.1 disks to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory eliminates the error message and enables NewWave 3.03 to run in Windows 3.1. For example, to expand WINOA386.MOD, insert Disk 4 and type the following from the MS-DOS command prompt: 

   expand a:\winoa386.mo_ c:\windows\system\winoa386.mod

MORE INFORMATION

Windows version 3.1 will run properly in standard mode but fails in 386 enhanced mode under NewWave 3.03 if you run non-Windows applications. The main reason for these errors is the replacement of WINOA386.MOD and WINOLDAP.MOD in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory during the installation of NewWave. It also adds DEVICE=VNWD.386 in the [386Enh] section, but this does not seem to affect Windows' functionality.

The New Wave products included here are manufactured by NewWave, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

KBCategory: kb3rdparty kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: win30 win31
Additional reference words: 3.00 3.00a 3.10 3.11 A.03.03 New Wave 3rdparty

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Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
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