{"id":90881,"date":"2015-07-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20150717-00\/?p=90881\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T09:22:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T16:22:36","slug":"20150717-00","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20150717-00\/?p=90881","title":{"rendered":"What did the Ignore button do in Windows 3.1 when an application encountered a general protection fault?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Windows 3.0, when an application encountered a general protection fault, you got an error message that looked like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Application error<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CONTOSO caused a General Protection Fault in
\nmodule CONTOSO.EXE at 0002:2403<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n
C<\/u>lose<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In Windows 3.1, under the right conditions, you would get a second option:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
CONTOSO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
An error has occurred in your application.
\nIf you choose Ignore, you should save your work in a new file.
\nIf you choose Close, your application will terminate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n
C<\/u>lose<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
I<\/u>gnore<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Okay, we know what Close does. But what does Ignore do? And under what conditions will it appear?<\/p>\n

Roughly speaking, the Ignore option becomes available if<\/p>\n