ERROR

WARNING: Error of opening hash table for code page

Last Published: September 23, 2021

Error Message

Note:
This article applies to a retired product, ArcInfo Workstation. Later versions of ArcGIS may contain different functionality, as well as different names and locations for menus, commands and geoprocessing tools.

When starting ArcInfo workstation the following error is printed:

"WARNING: Error of opening hash table for code page.
WARNING: Error of opening hash table for code page.
Code page conversion is off for writing data into files.
Code page conversion is off for writing data into files."

After the error, ArcInfo Workstation starts.

Cause

The TEMP and TMP environment variables are pointing to a directory inaccessible to the user.

Solution or Workaround

Change the values for the TEMP and TMP variables. The value should contain a directory to which the user has write permission. For help with setting a system environment variable, see: How To: Edit an environment variable.

Article ID:000002929

Software:
  • Legacy Products

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