BUG: VJ++ Does Not Start or Uses Too Much Memory on Startup

• Microsoft Visual J++, version 6.0
• Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0

SYMPTOMS

Certain corrupt configuration files cause Visual J++ to do one of the following:

• Not load.
• Use excessive amounts of memory when the developer shell loads.

RESOLUTION

• If your Visual J++ 6.0 generates a GPF on startup then try renaming or moving the following file to a different directory:
  
  \<windir>\Profiles\<user>\Application Data\Microsoft\Visual Studio\views.prf (profile file)
  
  NOTE: The user's profile will be re-created the next time Visual J++ is loaded so it is safe to remove this file.



• If Visual J++ uses excessive amounts of memory during startup and after releases some of that memory after loading Visual J++, you might have a corrupt file in the project that you are loading. Check the following file and rename or move them:
  
  <project name>.suo
  
  NOTE: The .suo file will be automatically re-created the next time the development environment is loaded for this project so it is safe to remove it.

STATUS

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

REFERENCES

For the latest Knowledge Base articles and other support information on Visual J++ and the SDK for Java, please see the following pages on the Microsoft Technical Support site:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/visualj/

http://support.microsoft.com/support/java/

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbVJ600bug kbGrpJava 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: February 20, 1999