Fooling cache to think WINDOWS/DV is active (to release mem)

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From: Eric A. Raymond
Date: Fri, 17 May 1991 20:06

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Many programs can detect the presence of Windows3 or Desqview and use
this to release memory back to the system.  I am developing a large
application in which I would like to fake this so that it may grab
more memory.

Does anyone know how to fool these background programs into releasing
memory for my non-windows/desqview program?

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Eric A. Raymond  (raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov)
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