>>I agree, but I do remember in the past that that particular problem was solved with retry, thus I suggested it. There is a possibility it may help.
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>You do not know what happened before the exception. It may have allocated resources (memory, ...) that won't be properly released. The exception will probable be the famous C0000005.
>By systematically ignoring the exception, you may get in an unstable situation - without knowing this is
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>So it only appears to have helped
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>Well, it's not my problem. And I am glad it isn't

Did a couple of searches here and found this KB http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q253356

In any case, you're most likely right.