GP Fault Pressing CTRL+ESC in 3 Balloons Program

Last reviewed: August 22, 1995
Article ID: Q134544

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you press CTRL+ESC to switch tasks in the program 3 Balloons - Alphabet, Numbers, and Shapes, you may receive the following error message:

   BALLOONS caused a general protection fault in module QCMC.QTC at
   0002:00000819.

CAUSE

The 3 Balloons program is not completely compatible with the asynchronous task switching used in Windows 95.

RESOLUTION

Do not press CTRL+ESC to switch away from the 3 Balloons program. Instead, press ALT+TAB, or click a program on the taskbar.

MORE INFORMATION

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KBCategory: kb3rdparty kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: posfest win95 appscomp
Additional reference words: 95 gpf

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Last reviewed: August 22, 1995
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