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in article B57D9CCE.C304%BenManton@go.to, Ben Manton at BenManton@go.to
wrote on 6/26/00 9:54 AM:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm running Mac OS 8.6 on a PowerMac 5500/250 with 96MB ram and my problem
> is this.... 
> Conflict Catcher is reporting this error on some of the Extensions and
> Control Panels I'm currently using... "Warning! This file is using more
> memory in the system heap at startup than it is requesting."
> So my question is...
> How can I increase the amount that these files request so that I can
> minimise any errors and crashes in the day to day running of the machine.
> I would appreciate you responding to my e-mail address as well on this since
> I think my news server spits stuff off pretty quickly.
> 
 
Conflict Catcher is reporting the value contained in a resource in the
extension/cp/whatever that the System uses to expand the System Heap.

The extn developer is supposed to figure out how much ram the thing needs,
and then put this value in the resource. The System expands it heap by the
amount in the resource for each extn that loads. Often the value is missing
(actually the entire resource is missing) or the value is simply wrong. If
your System tends to run out of ram for the Finder, or seems to be using up
Temporary Memory (not that you can really tell easily), you'll want to
update that resource. Get a resource editor, and change the 'sysz' resource.
There's a value in there that represents the ram request.