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WHAT DID THE IGNORE BUTTON DO IN WINDOWS 3.1 WHEN AN APPLICATION ENCOUNTERED A GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT?

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The Ignore button in Windows 3.1 attempted to recover a crashed application by skipping the instruction that caused the general protection fault and resuming execution.