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    My program won't open!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Dreon, Jul 20, 2008.

  1. Dreon

    Dreon Notebook Guru

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    Ok, so I'm using Microsoft Streets and Trips for work, and it was working fine earlier today, but out of nowhere, it program will not open when I click on it, or any Streets and Trips file for that matter. It just refuses to open. I was using the trial version because I'm going to be getting a new laptop soon to replace this one, so I figured I wouldn't activate until the new laptop came. I still had like 20 days left on the trial version, so there shouldn't be any reason why it wouldn't open. I've tried restarting the computer, uninstalling/reinstalling the program, and looking in the task manager to see if the program was already running or something. All without any results.

    In short to clear things up if that was a little confusing. I double click the program, the computer loads something for a quick second, then nothing appears to happen.

    Edit: After looking a little closer at the task manager, whenever i try to open streets and trips, it appears in the processes, and is immediately terminated, if this information helps diagnose my situation.
     
  2. Hiker

    Hiker Notebook Deity

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    No clue really. Have you tried a system restore?
     
  3. Dreon

    Dreon Notebook Guru

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    restored back to yesterday, nothing.
     
  4. Hiker

    Hiker Notebook Deity

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    I know this may sound silly but, try setting your clock back a couple days. If it opens then it's likely yout trial period ran out.
     
  5. kegobeer

    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    Just buy the full version and install it. You can reinstall on the new laptop and reactivate. It's not tied to one particular machine like an OEM operating system.
     
  6. A#1

    A#1 Notebook Consultant

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    uninstall...reinstall...if it's a time related issue should be a temp fix
     
  7. Dreon

    Dreon Notebook Guru

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    My problem is... I can't activate it now, i can't do anything with it. I've uninstalled it and reinstalled a few times now... pretty redundant as it seems.
     
  8. flipfire

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    Use Ccleaner and clean your registry :)