An error message such as "This action cannot be completed because the other program [application] is busy. Choose Switch to, Retry or Cancel to activate the busy program and correct the problem", or a similarly worded error, can have many possible causes. It essentially indicates that CTI Navigator has encountered a time out or busy signal from Windows, or from access to a network or to the Internet.
When CTI Navigator is set to access data over the Internet, such an error can be caused by a slow, weak/variable, noisy or filtered Internet connection, or an accumulation of too many or of corrupted temporary Internet files. Note that opening CTI Navigator over the Internet is not the same as opening a web site in a browser. Continuous data access requires Windows to "tunnel' your MLS code and password over the Internet to establish a secure and stable "remote connection" between your computer and the MLS server.
For infrequent occurrences, the usual fix is just to wait about five seconds and then click Retry. It may be helpful to re-start Windows to clear out its memory and automatically delete temporary Internet files. You also can manually delete all the files in the Windows\Temp directory that have a tilde (~) prefix and end with the .tmp extension. If your Internet connection is wireless, try either moving your computer closer to the wireless router or connecting to the router by wire to improve the signal.
To ensure that some security setting is not interfering with CTI Navigator's access to the Internet, follow the instructions in the related article below appropriate for your security program.
If the error persists, you can install the MLS data (and tax data where provided) onto your computer and then CTI Navigator will not need to establish a remote Internet connection at login (or search). See the related article below for instructions to "Install CTI Navigator".
A busy... switch to or retry type of error often
indicates that necessary system resources
(such as memory or Windows system files) are temporarily unavailable to the
program. A resource constraint is indicated if the error occurs
when CTI Navigator is attempting to open local data (such as at login or search).
Resource problems can be caused by undetected malware running in the background,
interference by some other program (such as AgentOffice), multiple firewalls
or security filters conflicting, or memory leakage from having too many
programs loaded into memory or that failed to release memory when they were
supposed to be closed.
To eliminate a possible malware problem, run an antivirus and antispyware scan
of your entire computer system, See the related
article, Security Cleanup Links, for instructions on How to
Cleanup and Prevent Virus or Spyware. A busy... switch to or retry
error when attempting to open or preview an MLS report could be
caused by another program interfering with CTI Navigator's access to shared
Windows files. If you have AgentOffice from Fidelity or the Aerials Express
imagery program installed on your computer, follow the instructions at "Out
of Memory" error or "Overflow" error appropriate for the
program on your computer (AgentOffice
or Aerials
Express). To free up memory resources, re-start Windows. If you
have a large number of programs that always open when you open Windows, they
can consume resources or possibly interfere with other programs. To address
this possibility, you may want to follow the instructions in the related
article, "Disable un-necessary windows startup items."
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