I am running Windows XP Pro. I have 1.5 GB of RAM.
I sort of understand this error. It is saying "you have too many programs open". However, I think there has to be a workaround. I have seen this error in the past, but now I am seeing it more than ever, and it's a ROYAL PAIN. I am running an old compiler - that is the program that gets the error. I have heard this has something to do with AUTOEXEC.NT.
Thank you
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I already use MSCONFIG and AutoRuns (from SysInternals) to only start the programs I WANT to run at Startup.
I tend to run a lot of programs at once. I notice that if I shut down some of those programs, I get the error less - but I still get it more than I used to and more than I can tolerate.
Maybe I need to run this program in a Virtual Machine.
Maybe I can answer my own question:
I found this: http://www.experts-exchang
I'm going to give it a try. I may have already tried this - unsuccessfully. Let's see if it helps.
Marine7275: I am rethinking your answer. I am shutting down Google Deskbar and other tray-represented applications. Let's see if that helps. I wish I understood the MECHANISM at work here and HOW TO MONITOR IT. In the "old days", there were "TSRs - Terminate and Stay Resident" programs. They took up your precious-little RAM and you had to get rid of them or programs wouldn't run. Am I in the same situation here?
Most often I've found you can fix 16 bit subsystem errors by restoring backup copies of the autoexec.nt and config.nt files.
Reference:
http://support.microsoft.c
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/
However, I've seen instances where this applies:
http://support.microsoft.c
an instance where this was the solution:
http://www.experts-exchang
You could also try this:
http://www.softpedia.com/g
(btw:Windows=95 Compatibility checkbox did NOT solve my problem.)
LeeW: This is NOT the error I am getting. I have seen this error before - this error indicates the 16-bit program will-not-start. That is NOT the problem I am experiencing.
The links you have provided deal with a 16-bit application "not-starting". That is NOT my situation. My programs start - they just "crap out" and quit. I have a different problem. I may be wrong that these are really the same problem, but that doesn't appear to me to be the case. thank you.
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by: marine7275Posted on 2007-01-19 at 19:41:39ID: 18354290
you can go into the msconfig and de-select programs in start-up
start
run
msconfig
startup tab