Plato crashs on Windows 7 - APPCRASH Exception Code: c000005

Hi, I hope somebody can help me with this. I'm using some fortran routines in a Finite Element Method course and Plato was working fine. But two days ago the program started to crash when I tried to open it. The Error message is :

Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: Plato.exe Application Version: 4.4.0.0 Stamp Date / Time of Application: 4d5b9bfe Fault Module Name: Plato.exe Fault Module Version: 4.4.0.0 Stamp Date / Time Fault Module: 4d5b9bfe Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Offset: 00087fbf OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1046 Additional Information 1: 0a9e Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789 Additional Information 3: 0a9e Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Could someone help me? I've aready did all the obvious things and I don't know what to do anymore.

There is a known problem on some machines with 32bit Windows 7 in that using the File menu leads to a crash.

This is because the recent file list, picked up from the registry, is NULL.

You might be able to open a file using the toolbar and then exit Plato so that the registry has a valid recent file list. Otherwise, I cannot think of a work around.

This problem has now been fixed in Plato but not until after the beta mentioned in the Announcements. Let me know how you get on and I will see if I can get a new version to you.