https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/asking-for-help-regarding-using-a-buffer-tool/m-p/1200203#M3948 <P>How long did you wait after starting buffer tool before closing ArcMap?</P><P>Do you know if background geoprocessing is enabled on that machine?</P><P>Do you have access to another computer with more RAM to try this operation on?</P> Sun, 07 Aug 2022 14:06:40 GMT MichaelVolz 2022-08-07T14:06:40Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/asking-for-help-regarding-using-a-buffer-tool/m-p/1200171#M3946 <P>Hello, I am Jee from Korea. I am a beginner in learning ArcGIS. I've been learning ArcGIS for the last two weeks from a course called Fundamentals of GIS provided by Coursera. I am&nbsp;writing to ask for help regarding using buffer tool. I am using ArcMap 10.8.2 and this is part of an assignment to pass this course. I attached the ArcMap file and PDF file (page 29 and 30) for your convenience. The problem is that the buffer tool does not work at all. I did exactly what the instruction (page 30) says but nothing has changed.</P><P>When I try to close the ArcMap programme, the warning message pops up saying that the map document has executing or pending geoprocessing operations. I attached the message below. I wonder if the RAM capacity of my notebook, which is 4GB, might have caused these problems.&nbsp;</P><P>Is there anyone who would help me with this? Thank you so much!</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JeeYoungKim_0-1659838030921.png" style="width: 317px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/47981i66C9947AB6DADDEC/image-dimensions/317x169?v=v2" width="317" height="169" role="button" title="JeeYoungKim_0-1659838030921.png" alt="JeeYoungKim_0-1659838030921.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 16 Aug 2022 02:20:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/asking-for-help-regarding-using-a-buffer-tool/m-p/1200171#M3946 JeeYoungKim 2022-08-16T02:20:13Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/asking-for-help-regarding-using-a-buffer-tool/m-p/1200175#M3947 <P>Couldn't open your files man</P> Sun, 07 Aug 2022 03:16:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/asking-for-help-regarding-using-a-buffer-tool/m-p/1200175#M3947 MichaelPirker 2022-08-07T03:16:36Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/asking-for-help-regarding-using-a-buffer-tool/m-p/1200203#M3948 <P>How long did you wait after starting buffer tool before closing ArcMap?</P><P>Do you know if background geoprocessing is enabled on that machine?</P><P>Do you have access to another computer with more RAM to try this operation on?</P> Sun, 07 Aug 2022 14:06:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/asking-for-help-regarding-using-a-buffer-tool/m-p/1200203#M3948 MichaelVolz 2022-08-07T14:06:40Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/asking-for-help-regarding-using-a-buffer-tool/m-p/1203114#M3978 <P>Hi, thanks for your reply. I uploaded my files again. Hope you can open them this time!</P> Tue, 16 Aug 2022 02:21:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/asking-for-help-regarding-using-a-buffer-tool/m-p/1203114#M3978 JeeYoungKim 2022-08-16T02:21:02Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/asking-for-help-regarding-using-a-buffer-tool/m-p/1203115#M3979 <P>Hi, many thanks for your reply. I waited for hours before closing ArcMap. I've tried a lot of times, but nothing has changed. Could you explain how to check if background geoprocessing is enabled on my notebook? Unfortunately this is the best notebook that I can find in my house. Do you think my 4GB RAM affected this situation?&nbsp; Thanks!</P> Tue, 16 Aug 2022 02:28:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/asking-for-help-regarding-using-a-buffer-tool/m-p/1203115#M3979 JeeYoungKim 2022-08-16T02:28:00Z