diff --git a/ng/nghelp.tcl b/ng/nghelp.tcl
index e13ab7c3..3d4191f7 100644
--- a/ng/nghelp.tcl
+++ b/ng/nghelp.tcl
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ set_control_help $f.first "First step in mesh generation. Usually, meshing  star
 set_control_help $f.last "Last step in mesh generation. If only the surface mesh is required, please set \"Last Step\" to \"Optimize Surface\""
 
 set_control_help .bubar.surfm "Start mesh generation"
-set_control_help .bubar.stopm "Start mesh generation"
+set_control_help .bubar.stopm "Stop mesh generation"
 
 proc help_item { helptext } {p
     puts $helptext
diff --git a/ng/variables.tcl b/ng/variables.tcl
index a8c1ca9b..a11ef096 100644
--- a/ng/variables.tcl
+++ b/ng/variables.tcl
@@ -623,15 +623,17 @@ proc saveoptions { } {
 
 
 
-# the ini file is save on demand :
+# the ini file is saved on demand :
 proc saveinifile { } {
     uplevel 1  {
-	set datei [open ng.ini w]
-	for { set i [.ngmenu.file.recent index last] } { $i >= 1 } { incr i -1 } {
-	    puts $datei "recentfile \"[.ngmenu.file.recent entrycget $i -label]\""
-	}
-	
-	close $datei
+        if {[catch { set datei [open ng.ini w] } result ]} {
+            puts "cannot write to ng.ini file"
+        } {
+            for { set i [.ngmenu.file.recent index last] } { $i >= 1 } { incr i -1 } {
+                puts $datei "recentfile \"[.ngmenu.file.recent entrycget $i -label]\""
+            }
+            close $datei
+        }
     }    
 
 
@@ -641,12 +643,14 @@ proc saveinifile { } {
 
 proc savemeshinifile { } {
     uplevel 1  {
-	set datei [open ngmesh.ini w]
-	for { set i [.ngmenu.file.recentmesh index last] } { $i >= 1 } { incr i -1 } {
-	    puts $datei "recentfile \"[.ngmenu.file.recentmesh entrycget $i -label]\""
-	}
-	
-	close $datei
+	if {[catch { set datei [open ngmesh.ini w] } result } {
+            puts "cannot write to ng.ini file"
+        } {
+            for { set i [.ngmenu.file.recentmesh index last] } { $i >= 1 } { incr i -1 } {
+                puts $datei "recentfile \"[.ngmenu.file.recentmesh entrycget $i -label]\""
+            }
+            close $datei
+        }
     }