When adding a ShapeFile to ArcMap, the following Error message occurs and the layer cannot be drawn: “Error opening feature class.General Function Failure “.
The reason:
Applockmgr. exe unregistered.ArcMap and ArcCatalog need this to help with shapeFiles.
Solutions:
Register applockmgr. exe.
1. Close ArcMap and ArcCatalog.
2. Open the command window: Start & GT; Application & gt;
3. Find the Bin folder in ArcGIS :
CD c:arcgisarcexe81bin
attention, in ArcGIS 9, the Bin folder is under c: Program FilesArcGIS, so the syntax should be :
CD c:Progra~lArcGISBin
4. Input :
regsvr32 aflockmgr. DLL
5. Input :
applockmgr.exe /regserver
6. Close the command window.