Hello. I just installed FileMaker Pro 5 on a Windows 2000 machine and can't get the program to start. No error messages or anything. The cursor just goes "busy" for a few seconds and it's like you never tried to start the program. However, when I look at the active process list in the task manager, "FileMaker Pro.e" appears as many times as you try to start the program.

I can't find anything in the KB at filemaker.com that's been helpful in this issue yet. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Hi stoli, welcome to FM Forums! (Though i shouldn't be too hasty... Stoli has been an enemy of mine many mornings... )

I also get this problem with FM6 on Win2K. There is no harm in stopping those processes. If Filemaker is listed in the Applications tab, you can stop that as well.

There's probably a better long-term solution, but this should get you through the day.

Jerry

The real problem is that I can't get the program to start at all. No interface, no error messages, nothing. The only visible evidence that the program is even running (if you can call it that) is that it shows up in the process list.

And if you end it in the process list, will it start then? If not, try uninstalling and reinstalling.

On FM 4.1 it was sometimes necessary to open the properties on the FM executable (right-click, Properties), then close and try to run it again.