Compatibilty problem?

[Intel_C_Intel]

I have Fotran files that run corretly on my desktop computer (Win 98 OS, 64MB RAM), but when I compiled them on my laptop(Win 95 OS, 16 MB RAM), all of them showed a link error (LNK1000).

The first couple time I compiled (never happened anymore now) there's an error window showed asking if the conagent.exe file is used by a different application - or something with the conagent.exe.

Here are a couple of the error messages:
--------------------Configuration: arinc - Win32 Debug--------------------
Compiling Fortran...
C:Chris' estarinc.for
Linking...
LINK : fatal error LNK1000: unknown error; consult documentation for technical support options
Error executing link.exe.

arinc.exe - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

--------------------Configuration: arinc1 - Win32 Debug--------------------
Compiling Fortran...
C:Chris' estarinc1.for
Linking...
LINK : fatal error LNK1000: unknown error; consult documentation for technical support options
Error executing link.exe.

arinc1.exe - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

Do you think it's because of a compatibility problem? Should I upgrade the laptop's OS to 98??

Note: I asked the "computer expert" on the place where I work and he told me that he've upgraded somebody else's laptop and it created a lot of mess (I have the same type of laptop as his colleague).

Thanks in advance,
Chris

[Steven_L_Intel1]

What is the exact text of the error that mentions CONAGENT.EXE? It sounds to me as if something is corrupted or missing on your laptop.

I'd also comment that 16MB is too little RAM to do anything useful.

Steve

[Intel_C_Intel]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the quick response. Regarding the conagent.exe error, it hasn't been showing up anymore. I tried to do on a few more files to see if the system error would show up again, but it didn't.

As I can remember I think it's said that it's looking for the conagent.exe as it thought it might be used by some other application.

I might also do Windows Update to see if that would solve the problem. From your past experiences, what's the LNK1000 usually caused by?

I also compiled on different desktop to check, and it worked, so it seemed that the error is caused by the laptop system, but I'm just not quite sure what the next step would be if the Windows Update wouldn't work.

Thanks again,
Chris

[Steven_L_Intel1]

conagent.exe is the program Windows uses to start a console application session.

I've never seen the LINK1000 error - it appears to be one that doesn't have some specific cause (note "unknown error")

I'd suggest this... Uninstall and reinstall CVF, and see if anything changes.

With the laptop configuration you have, I would not recommend Windows 98. You have too little RAM. How much free disk space do you have? Try emptying the recycle bin and creating as much free space as you can - at least 100MB. That may help.

Steve