<div dir="ltr">Hi Sindile,<div><br></div><div>Windows 7</div><div><br></div><div>QGIS 1.8</div><div><br></div><div>Yes I have looked at the old responses. This has always happened to students in previous years too. </div><div><br></div><div>Some of the machines also do give the error of QGIS crashing and close down.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 September 2016 at 15:42, Sindile Bidla <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sindile.bidla@geoilocate.co.za" target="_blank">sindile.bidla@geoilocate.co.za</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p>What OS are you using?</p>
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    <p>Are you able to provide an example of the specific QGIS project
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    <p>Also have a look at this link -
<a href="http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/69308/how-to-handle-crashes-on-save-causing-project-file-read-error-unexpected-end-o" target="_blank">http://gis.stackexchange.com/<wbr>questions/69308/how-to-handle-<wbr>crashes-on-save-causing-<wbr>project-file-read-error-<wbr>unexpected-end-o</a><br>
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              <div>Quick question - What should one do if there are
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