Troubleshooting: "Failed to create empty document" occurs when running FlashGet

Problem: "Failed to create empty document" occurs when running FlashGet.

Solution:

1.Install a new version of Microsoft's Common Control
2.Install DCOM98 for Windows98 or DCOM95 for Windows95
3.Default download datebase(default.jcd) is corrupted, please use backup download database (default.bk1,default,bk2,default.bk3) to recover it. For Windows 7: Backup Databases is in \Users\YourLoginName\AppData\Roaming\FlashGet\DataBase.

Problem: You open FlashGet and all downloads disappeared.
Solution: In \Users\YourLoginName\AppData\Roaming\FlashGet\DataBase, delete file Default.jcd and rename one previous backup database, such as Default.bak1 or Default.bak2... (which size is bigger than Default.jcd) to Default.jcd.

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