Article: Q87356
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s):
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Last Modified: 04-OCT-1999
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11
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SUMMARY
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Pages 550-551 of the "Microsoft Windows User Guide" version 3.1 incorrectly
indicate that the EMM386.EXE memory manager can be used to give MS-DOS
applications expanded memory in standard mode.
However, in standard mode, EMM386.EXE is disabled.
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Page 550 incorrectly states:
You can run the [MS-DOS] application in standard mode, using EMM386.EXE to
simulate expanded memory.
Page 551 incorrectly tells you how to set up EMM386.EXE for use with MS-DOS
applications in "standard mode" that use expanded memory:
Add a command line for EMM386.EXE to your CONFIG.SYS file.
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device=c:\windows\emm386.exe 512
This command line is supposed to allow EMM386.EXE to set up 512K of RAM memory as
expanded memory for use with MS-DOS applications requiring expanded memory.
However, this does not work. If you shell out to MS-DOS and run the MEM command
(MS-DOS 4.01 and 5.0) or run MSD.EXE, you will see that there is no expanded
memory available.
MS-DOS applications can use EMM386.EXE for expanded memory when Windows is not
running.
KBCategory: kbother kbdocerr
KBSubcategory: winmem win31
Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 doc err NoWin4
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Keywords :
Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
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