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I'd like to apologized for earlier I posted and no one was able to read my msn screen shot. I have change to imgur.

My question earlier today was about ArcCatalog hang.

Ever time when I open my ArcCatalog, I need to export a feature class from my file geodatabase. The ArcCatalog hangs and it takes forever and display white screen

Here is the screenshot ArcCatalog hangs

My agency has ArcCatalog 9.3.1 SP2 build 3000.

The only way around to fix this problem is to reset the normal file under my documents and settings.

Anyone has this experience ?

Thanks

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Is your "Lower_Pecos_Red_Bluff_Reservoir_precipt" attached to the 'Datasets Topology' you have built? If so remove the topology then export (you can save topology rules out first). Or use this gis.stackexchange.com/questions/1943/… – Mapperz♦ Jun 7 '11 at 3:33
How do you "reset" the Normal.mxt? You mean you delete it and let ArcMAP create again? If the map document does not contain too many layers, can you try adding layers one by one and see where it hangs (i.e. after additon of which particular layer)? – ujjwalesri Jun 7 '11 at 4:27
ujjwalesri, what i mean "reset" is to delete the normal.mxt file. Before you delete the file, I make copy of it and rename it and then delete the original file. Then launch the software, it creates a new file. It load the software quicker and it reset everything. So that export I tried worked but then later on does not work..it hangs again. – PROBERT Jun 7 '11 at 14:07
I've voted to close this because @PROBERT is no longer using the version with the problem. The information will still be accessible to anyone who encounters this or a similar issue at that or a later version. – PolyGeo Apr 28 at 0:37

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I suspect that, if not already resolved by deleting/renaming the Normal.mxt, an uninstall/reinstall would fix this.

By now you have probably installed ArcGIS 10.0 (or 10.1) so if the problem persists be sure to update your Question with the latest version that you are seeing it in.

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PolyGeo,Yes I have updated to ArcGIS 10 and will soon probably later this year to 10.1 so again thanks. This will help others if they have the same problem. – PROBERT Apr 24 at 14:29

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