topic Re: ERROR 999998: Unexpected Error. Failed to execute (Idw). in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/error-999998-unexpected-error-failed-to-execute/m-p/419333#M5892 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Have you installed the latest service pack?&nbsp; If this is with ArcGIS 10.0, try turning off the background processing (Geoprocessing menu &gt; Geoprocessing options).</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:18:54 GMT TimothyHales 2011-09-02T15:18:54Z ERROR 999998: Unexpected Error. Failed to execute (Idw). https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/error-999998-unexpected-error-failed-to-execute/m-p/419332#M5891 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello everyone,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have tried to do a interpolation using IDW and Kriging. Both give the same error.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have previously cleaned my temp files in Windows by Ccleaner and think that it could be the problem, since I have used the interpolation before without any problem.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Anyone able to help me?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best regards</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Tobias Gram</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:24:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/error-999998-unexpected-error-failed-to-execute/m-p/419332#M5891 TobiasGram 2011-09-02T14:24:38Z Re: ERROR 999998: Unexpected Error. Failed to execute (Idw). https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/error-999998-unexpected-error-failed-to-execute/m-p/419333#M5892 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Have you installed the latest service pack?&nbsp; If this is with ArcGIS 10.0, try turning off the background processing (Geoprocessing menu &gt; Geoprocessing options).</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:18:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/error-999998-unexpected-error-failed-to-execute/m-p/419333#M5892 TimothyHales 2011-09-02T15:18:54Z Re: ERROR 999998: Unexpected Error. Failed to execute (Idw). https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/error-999998-unexpected-error-failed-to-execute/m-p/419334#M5893 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>when I turn off background processing this works (great) but I have identical machines that work just fine in background processing.&nbsp; I don't understand why some would work and others wouldn't.&nbsp; They are all running SP2 for 10.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:17:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/error-999998-unexpected-error-failed-to-execute/m-p/419334#M5893 JosephWallis 2011-09-19T15:17:12Z