String Manager failed

Sometimes applications fail to start on Windows Vista. Sometimes, it can be resolved by starting them using an Administrative user account. And sometimes, they print funny error messages like Command and Conquer does:



The error message reads ***FATAL*** String Manager failed to initilaized propertly. (Typo left as-is)

While looking for a solution, i found out that there are millions of StringManagers out there.

What is a String manager?

I wonder if they meant someone who fiddles with strings and tries to organize them:


Or perhaps they thought about managers who produce strings (and all sorts of other undearwear):



What do you think about the responsibility of a class called StringManager and its design? Is this really a class in the object-oriented meaning or is it a trashcan for procedural utilities?

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