Description An attempt to start BibleWorks fails, resulting instead in an error message. Cause For one reason or another, the BibleWorks executable has ceased to function correctly, and the program cannot, as a result, start successfully. Solution The best…

If you have Parallels and are trying to install from the Finder in your Mac OS you may receive a message that the autorun.exe [or setup.exe] is not a valid Win32 application. Parallels needs to receive a command to use the physical CD/DVD drive on your Mac…

This error may occur if the bw900.exe file is corrupted. Please follow the steps below to update the Mac Installer file and restore your bw900.exe file. I. Restart the Mac. II. Install the latest Mac Installer dmg file for BibleWorks 9. To do so, go here,…

There are four potential causes of the error message No valid registration file found; Please run setup. 1. BibleWorks was installed on the root of a hard drive. That is, not in a folder. For example, if the installation destination was changed to another…

This problem is caused by an error in the BibleWorks 9 executable on the original (Rev 1) DVD. To solve this problem, please follow these steps: 1. Click on this zip file and save it to a temporary location (e.g., your desktop): http://www.bibleworks.com/support/et7br/bw900_nosh.zip…

Reports have been received occasionally that Internet security software has blocked suspicious activity on a computer, citing BibleWorks.exe as a potential security risk. This is to be expected if an Internet security program is truly doing its job. Since…

These messages are usually encountered when trying to perform a search for one or more words, or a phrase, without entering a search code. Alternatively, the message may be encountered in BibleWorks 5 or 6 when the Standard User Mode is in use. One has set…

This message will occur if BibleWorks is unable to recognize the font file installed under Windows. This condition may arise for a number of reasons, but the result will always be that BibleWorks attempts to access the fonts, for which the information is…

Later BibleWorks 7 executables and all BibleWorks 8 have included support for the Van Dyke Arabic Bible. When this error occurs, it is a result of having downloaded the executable file and one or more of the Van Dyke Arabic Bible file sets. For these to work,…

An attempt to perform an update in BibleWorks can fail if BibleWorks fails to shut down completely. The error message that displays describes the two conditions under which this may occur. One one hand, a second session of BibleWorks may have been running…