https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/motif-windown-will-not-start-dcl-w-actimage-error-activating/m-p/4902385#M21007 The error message is very straight forward to interpret. It is telling you that DSA100:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.][SYSLIB]DECW$TRANSPORT_COMMON.EXE was not installed. Later when it did work the executable was installed as it should have been to start. Had you just rebooted the system prior to issuing the failing command? If so, you might have logged onto the system before DECWindows was started. Later on, after the startup routines started DECWindows, the command would work. Otherwise, my guess would be that DECWindows failed to start correctly after the patches and somebody re-executed the startup procedure for DECWindows and it worked then. Tue, 17 May 2005 13:24:16 GMT Dale A. Marcy 2005-05-17T13:24:16Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/motif-windown-will-not-start-dcl-w-actimage-error-activating/m-p/4902383#M21005 Has anyone seen the below error before ? Attempting to run ECP and get the below error. Just installed patches a few days ago on system. <BR />exectuing $plan anal/inter=motif<BR /><BR />%SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available<BR />%DCL-W-ACTIMAGE, error activating image DECW$TRANSPORT_COMMON<BR />-CLI-E-IMGNAME, image file DSA100:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.][SYSLIB]DECW$TRANSPORT_COMMON.EXE;1<BR />-SYSTEM-F-PROTINSTALL, protected images must be installed<BR /> Tue, 17 May 2005 12:23:21 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/motif-windown-will-not-start-dcl-w-actimage-error-activating/m-p/4902383#M21005 Tim Nelson 2005-05-17T12:23:21Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/motif-windown-will-not-start-dcl-w-actimage-error-activating/m-p/4902384#M21006 Never mind.<BR /><BR />It suddenly works now.<BR /><BR />Thanks to all that thought about it.<BR /><BR /> Tue, 17 May 2005 12:35:29 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/motif-windown-will-not-start-dcl-w-actimage-error-activating/m-p/4902384#M21006 Tim Nelson 2005-05-17T12:35:29Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/motif-windown-will-not-start-dcl-w-actimage-error-activating/m-p/4902385#M21007 The error message is very straight forward to interpret. It is telling you that DSA100:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.][SYSLIB]DECW$TRANSPORT_COMMON.EXE was not installed. Later when it did work the executable was installed as it should have been to start. Had you just rebooted the system prior to issuing the failing command? If so, you might have logged onto the system before DECWindows was started. Later on, after the startup routines started DECWindows, the command would work. Otherwise, my guess would be that DECWindows failed to start correctly after the patches and somebody re-executed the startup procedure for DECWindows and it worked then. Tue, 17 May 2005 13:24:16 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/motif-windown-will-not-start-dcl-w-actimage-error-activating/m-p/4902385#M21007 Dale A. Marcy 2005-05-17T13:24:16Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/motif-windown-will-not-start-dcl-w-actimage-error-activating/m-p/4902386#M21008 You are probably right Dale. Server rebooted last saturday after patch updates. Did not notice TRANSPORT startup messages but I was not looking too close.<BR /><BR />Thanks !<BR /> Tue, 17 May 2005 13:45:19 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/motif-windown-will-not-start-dcl-w-actimage-error-activating/m-p/4902386#M21008 Tim Nelson 2005-05-17T13:45:19Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/motif-windown-will-not-start-dcl-w-actimage-error-activating/m-p/4902387#M21009 DECW$TRANSPORT image failed to start after patches and reboot.<BR /> Tue, 17 May 2005 13:46:02 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/motif-windown-will-not-start-dcl-w-actimage-error-activating/m-p/4902387#M21009 Tim Nelson 2005-05-17T13:46:02Z