Error 7

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5 total messages Started by Mark & Sonia Kline Mon, 20 Mar 2000 00:00

Author: Mark & Sonia Kline
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 00:00

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A VB application I wrote some time ago has mysteriously stopped working
on a number of Win95 machines, reporting an error 7... out of memory.  I
tried reinstalling an updated version of this app, which now includes
several more DLLs, and the installation fails, reporting that it can not
update the registry.  Can anyone give me any clues as to why these 2
problems are occurring?

Regards,
Mark Kline.

Re: Error 7

Author: Guido Coenen
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 00:00

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Hi Mark,

other than NT, the registry in Win95 has a size limit. Old Win95
installations reach the size limit after some years (I think it's
around 2 Megs or so) and this means there is no memory left to add
something to the registry.

Win 98 has a tool that shrinks the registry size, and NT 4.0 can
change the registry's maximum size. But I think with Win 95, your only
chance will be reinstalling Win 95.

Good luck,
Guido.

On Mon, 20 Mar 2000 19:20:55 +1100, Mark & Sonia Kline
<klinems@i.net.au> wrote:

>A VB application I wrote some time ago has mysteriously stopped working
>on a number of Win95 machines, reporting an error 7... out of memory.  I
>tried reinstalling an updated version of this app, which now includes
>several more DLLs, and the installation fails, reporting that it can not
>update the registry.  Can anyone give me any clues as to why these 2
>problems are occurring?
>
>Regards,
>Mark Kline.
>
>

Re: Error 7

Author: BloodPool
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 00:00

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> Hi Mark,
>
> other than NT, the registry in Win95 has a size limit. Old Win95
> installations reach the size limit after some years (I think it's
> around 2 Megs or so) and this means there is no memory left to add
> something to the registry.
>
> Win 98 has a tool that shrinks the registry size, and NT 4.0 can
> change the registry's maximum size. But I think with Win 95, your only
> chance will be reinstalling Win 95.
>
> Good luck,
> Guido.

Well..
If that is the case u could del some usless stuff from the Win95 registry.
Mabey stuff like registry entries from games that had been installed but are
now uninstalled.

Re: Error 7

Author: Michael Carton
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 00:00

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BloodPool wrote:
> 
> > other than NT, the registry in Win95 has a size limit. Old Win95
> > installations reach the size limit after some years (I think it's
> > around 2 Megs or so) 
> >
> If that is the case u could del some usless stuff from the Win95 registry.
> Mabey stuff like registry entries from games that had been installed but are
> now uninstalled.

Get RegClean.Exe from MS site. It's much stabler now.

-- 
MikeC

Please reply to the group.

Re: Error 7

Author: Mark Kline
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 00:00

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Thanks all... I'll try these suggestions.

Michael Carton wrote:

> BloodPool wrote:
> >
> > > other than NT, the registry in Win95 has a size limit. Old Win95
> > > installations reach the size limit after some years (I think it's
> > > around 2 Megs or so)
> > >
> > If that is the case u could del some usless stuff from the Win95 registry.
> > Mabey stuff like registry entries from games that had been installed but are
> > now uninstalled.
>
> Get RegClean.Exe from MS site. It's much stabler now.
>
> --
> MikeC
>
> Please reply to the group.

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