Mac OS 9: Netscape Will Not Open

An alert with one of the following messages when you open Netscape Communicator:

"The application Netscape Communicator has unexpectedly quit, because an update to this software is required for compatibility with the improved Mac OS file system"

- or -

"An Error of Type -119 occurred."

Symptom

An alert with one of the following messages when you open Netscape Communicator:

- or -


Solution

Remove the Talkback folder from the Netscape folder.

For more information about this error message and Mac OS 9 compatibility, see article 60533: "Mac OS 9: Application Quits 'Because An Update Is Required."

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Article 17159: "Locating Vendor Information"

Published Date: Feb 20, 2012