WD2000: Illegal Operation Quitting Word After Changing Document with Custom Property Linked to Form Field

ID: Q224647

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you make changes to a Word document that contains a custom property linked to a form field and then quit Word, the following error message may appear:

Windows 98

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.

If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.
When you click Details, the following error message appears:
WINWORD caused an invalid page fault in module WINWORD.EXE at 015f:<address>.

Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 4)

WINWORD.EXE

Exception: access violation (0x0000005)
NOTE: This problem does not occur on Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3).


WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, turn off background saves using the following steps:

  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.


  2. On the Save tab, click to clear the Allow background saves check box.


  3. Click OK.



STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 


Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 28, 1999