I've got a Powerbook G4 12" which I've installed MS Virtual PC on. I've installed a proper version of Windows XP Professional, fully patched and licenced and now I want to run an application which is on a CDROM provided by a training company. The application runs fine on a PC and is shockwave based. On the Mac however, although everything seems to run fine under VPC, the application crashes with an access violation (0xC0000005) error stating that "run.exe" encountered a problem. I've installed the latest shockwaver version (and previous ones) with no luck so far and in all instances, Shockwave runs fine on the Adobe test page.
App failing to load on Virtual PC (G4)
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The person I'm testing it for has a Mac and needs to run this particular disk for her University course. It works fine on a PC, but she hasn't got one, she's only got a Mac which is why I thought she could at least run the VPC emulator to use the disk. Put it this way, if she can't run the disk she's going to replace the Mac with a PCDJLOREY said:If it runs fine on a PC then why are you testing it on a virtual pc ?
Just wondering because it seems a bit of a hassle if you have a PC to test it on, however that might not be the case, I don't know
Can't you Google the error code?
I have no "allegiance" to any particular computer but I said the emulator would almost certainly run it and it would be easier to use the Mac if possible rather than replacing it with a PC. Unfortunately, I was wrong. The access violation error code is pretty meaningless as it happens and I've seen it so often that I know there is no point in googling it. 