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8.06 Insufficient Stack Space

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I downloaded TMG 8.06 the first time through the check for update feature and got the error Insufficient Stack Space.

I uninstalled TMG and deleted all the folders and reinstalled from the full installer last night. This morning, the project I was using was not found by TMG, so I reimported the data. Started getting Insufficient Stack Space error and TMG would no longer open.

 

Uninstalled TMG yet again, deleted folders and reinstalled with a new clean update from the full installer (downloaded it a second time to be sure I have the correct file.) TMG opened, I restored my project and shut down TMG. When I reopened it, got the error Insufficient Stack Space error and TMG 8.06 will not open at all.

 

Cancel shuts the program down. Ignore just redisplays the error. Help takes me to a help file. It talks about running the file in a desktop icon, but I have no idea what this means.

 

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Theresa -

 

RE the Insufficient Stack Space error message:

 

I encountered the same message recently, just while running TMG. This is a generic Windows error message and has little or nothing to do with installing or TMG in particular. It is telling you the installer cannot find enough space to stack (stuff, fit, your choice of metaphor) all the parts of what you are doing - in this case, installing the new version. You might take a look at the overall amount of "free space" on the drive you are running and trying to upgrade TMG on. Doing an install often takes as much as 3 times the room of the finally installed program, and that all has to fit somewhere. Take a look at the free space on your installation drive - probably C: (The installer tells you which drive it is going to try to put it on before doing anything.)

 

If you have less than a couple of GB left, you are probably running out of space and should do some housekeeping before adding anything else. (Yes, I know that seems like a lot to folks who may have cut their teeth on 100 MB hard drives, but programs are greedy these days <vbg> ). If you have any questions about how to find out what free space you have, or how to take out the trash and make more room, let me know. i just worked on a PC with over 2GB ! of temporary and easily removable files last week.

 

Bruce

(keeping my wife's family history PCs chugging along since the last Millenium)

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Jim -

 

Thanks for the update! I know some programs tend to throw this error more than others and it's good to see this is on your short list. In our personal case, my wife's TMG V8.04 was running out of Paging File space which I believe can cause the same message to appear on her Win 7 Pro system. After some housekeeping and freeing up 20 GB on the drive, this is no longer happening. I am also trying to convince her that having Ancestry open on another screen and editing in a bunch of exhibit windows at the same time can leave her short of system resources as well.

 

Regards,

 

Bruce

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