PC DOC PRO-How to Fix Runtime Errors

Understanding and Fixing Runtime Errors With PC DOC RPO-PC DOC PRO provides solutions to cure Program Not Responding errors.

What is “Runtime”?

Have you heard the phrase “computer runtime," but never really understood what it meant? “Runtime” is simply a techno-speak umbrella term for all the processes which occur in the background from the time you open a program to the time you shut it down. A runtime error, therefore, is a problem which you experience during this time, resulting from the programming of the software involved.

Not all runtime errors, however, can be blamed on the person who wrote the programming. There is simply too many and too varied situations in which a software program can be run. You may have experienced first-hand that a program which worked like a charm on your Windows 98 PC is nothing short of a disaster on your Windows XP PC. It's virtually impossible for software programmers to anticipate everything their programs will have to do to work with different operating systems.

Runtime errors are what result when programs which run perfectly in one framework fail when asked to function in another. Almost all professionally written software programs are creating in ideal conditions, on the best computers money can buy. When those programs reach the hands of consumers, however, they seldom encounter the same great conditions.


If, for example, your PC is already full of software you loaded for free from the Internet, your new program may not be compatible with any of them. You might even have forgotten about some of the free software which you downloaded, but they are still there waiting to interfere with your new software.Every time you install new programs are hardware on your computer, you change your Windows registry. With enough changes, the registry becomes cluttered with hundreds or thousands of useless entries. Your Windows operating system, however, has to sort through all the information in your Windows registry, whether it's useful or not, each time it tries to perform a function. The more useless entries there are, the longer it will take your PC's OS system to perform, and you'll start receiving runtime errors. What's the answer?

The least expensive and most effective way to prevent runtime errors is to take the time to maintain your Windows registry. Regularly cleaning your Windows registry by scanning it for a road is centuries and removing them will keep your computer free of runtime errors and working at its best.