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space problem
at http://www.jsiinc.com/reghack11.htm#T201 . Note, I have not tried it
yet so I offer no promises, just a possibility.
201 » Run 16bit apps in a Seperate VDM.
When configuring a shortcut or running an executable from explorer, you have
the
option to run 16bit applications in a seperate VDM (Virtual DOS Machine). If
you
always check run in seperate memory space, you can make that the default
behavior by editing the registry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/WOW
Edit or Add Value of type REG_SZ with value name DefaultSeparateVDM and
set it to yes. The default behavior is no.
Reboot.
>From: "Dr Jenny Woods, ERU, RAL" <jenny.woods@@rl.ac.uk>
>Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 10:40:51 +0000
>Subject: Re: "Generic Window" problem
>
>I think that under NT 4, it is only possible to define whether the
>programme is run in separate memory space at run time via start menu,
>run, and then ticking the check box. I've had a little browse through
>my applications, and it seems the default is not to run in separate
>memory space, so I don't think this is anything the user can fix.
>Looking at the icon and programme properties doesn't seem to give this
>information.
>
> Jenny
>
>At 14:55 24/03/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>I have windows 95, not NT, but a similar problem is described in the
>>readme.wri file in the DragonDictate directory (search for the word
>>"Generic"). The cause of the problem described there is that in Windows
>>NT 3.51 if you run a 16-bit application in a separate memory space from
>>the one in which DragonDictate (also a 16-bit application) is running,
>>then DragonDictate cannot detect what application is running. The
>>problem that people have been having recently seems to be somewhat
>>different, since in at least one case involves MSDEV which is a 32-bit
>>application. Also, I vaguely remember reading that the NT architecture
>>change somewhat between NT 3.51 and NT 4.0, which may also have an
>>effect. However, I suspect that the two problems are not unrelated.
>>You might try checking how DragonDictate, and any other 16-bit
>>applications, are set to run. The readme file talks about the program
>>item properties in the program manager in NT 3.51, so I'm not sure where
>>the equivalent settings are in NT 4, I would try the properties of the
>>icon or shortcut in Windows Explorer. Also, if the properties are
>>contained in the shortcut, that might explain why closing and
>>re-starting an application, or closing and re-starting DragonDictate
>>might sometimes have an effect, if a different method was used to start
>>the program.
>>
>>David Fox
>>davidfox@@fas.harvard.edu
>>http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~dcfox/index.html
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>This of course is the way to talk to dragons, if you don't want to
>>reveal your proper name (which is wise), and don't want to infuriate
>>them by a flat refusal (which is also very wise). No dragon can resist
>>the fascination of riddling talk and of wasting time trying to
>>understand it.
>> --- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
>>
>>
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>Dr Jenny Woods
>Energy Research Unit
>Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
>Chilton, Didcot, OXON, OX11 0QX
>
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