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Paradox 7: Could not initialize BDE; Insufficient shared memory available. ERROR

I installed the borland database Engine, version 5.01.  I then installed Paradox 7.  When I click the icon to start Paradox, I get the Paradox splash screen for about half a second, then I get this error:

Could not initialize BDE; Insufficient shared memory available

When I clear the error I am back to my desktop with no Paradox running.

I am running Vista.  Now, I had this running on Vista from February until last week.  Then, my system crashed.  I reinstalled Vista but now I can't get Paradox working.  I had this same problem 9 months ago when I installed Vista, but I cannot remember what I did to fix this.

I have tried going into the BDE ADMIN and adding to the SHAREDMEMSIZE under INIT in the SYSTEM configuration.  Any suggestions?
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Take a look at this: http://www.gnossos.com/webhelp/13._Recommended_Paradox_7.0_BDE_Configuration_Utility_Settings.htm

I don't know if it applies to Vista, but I wouldn't be surprised.

Sorry... it's been a very long time since I used Paradox, but it's a great program. If I can find anything else, I'll post it.

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Ericpete,
This did not help, but thanks for the suggestion.
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So... any word on what you came up with?