Q158208: FIX: Form with Toolbar Does Not Shut Down Under Windows NT 4.0

Article: Q158208
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0; winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnokeyword kbVBp kbVBp400bug kbVBp500fix kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport
Last Modified: 04-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 4.0, on platform(s):
   - the hardware: Intel x86 
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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A Visual Basic 4.0 program containing a standard Visual Basic 4.0 Toolbar
control on a form and running on Windows NT 4.0 hangs during Windows NT shut
down.

The following message is displayed when you attempt to shut down Windows NT while
your application containing the Toolbar control is still running:

  The Windows application cannot respond to the End Task request. It may be
  busy, waiting for a response from you, or it may have stopped executing.

  - Press Cancel to cancel and return to Windows NT.

  - Press End Task to close this application immediately. You will lose any
  unsaved information in this application.

  - Press Wait to give application 20 seconds to finish what it is doing and
  then try to close the application again.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Basic 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Start 32-bit Visual Basic 4.0 or, if it is already running, click New Project
  on the File menu.

2. Add a Toolbar control to Form1.

3. On the File menu, click Make EXE to make an executable file out of your
  project. Close Visual Basic.

4. Start the executable file created in the previous step. On the Windows Start
  button, click Shutdown, and then click Restart. After a few seconds, the
  following message appears:

  The Windows application cannot respond to the End Task request. It may be
  busy, waiting for a response from you, or it may have stopped executing.

  - Press Cancel to cancel and return to Windows NT.

  - Press End Task to close this application immediately. You will lose any
  unsaved information in this application.

  - Press Wait to give application 20 seconds to finish what it is doing and
  then try to close the application again.

  Click Cancel to close the message.

5. Click the Close button to close the Visual Basic program.

Additional query words: Toolbar

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Keywords          : kbnokeyword kbVBp kbVBp400bug kbVBp500fix kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0; winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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