PRODUCT  :  Borland C++                           NUMBER  :  1328
  VERSION  :  3.1
       OS  :  DOS
     DATE  :  October 25, 1993                         PAGE  :  1/2

    TITLE  :  Resolving loadtime error messages from BC or TC




       Insights on the:
            "Application Load and Execute Error FFE0"
            "Memory Manager Cannot Initialize"  error messages.

       This is an error message which you may get when Borland C++
  3.x or Turbo C++ 3.0 cannot load because of a shortage of memory.
  These products do require at least 1 megabyte (1024K) of
  extended, XMS or expanded memory free besides your base 640K
  before they can load and run.  If you have at least 2 megs of
  memory on your computer and you are still getting this error
  message, here are some reasons in order from most to least
  likely:

       - You have a disk cache (SMARTDRV or another cache) loaded.
       Check your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT and reduce the memory
       that these programs use or eliminate them completely.  Don't
       forget that Windows installs SMARTDRV automatically.  Also
       look for a large RAMDRIVE, and reduce that if it exists.

       - You have only 2 megabytes of memory to begin with, and
       System Bios or Video Bios Shadowing is turned on in your
       computer's setup. This often takes extended memory and
       remaps it to memory in the 640K-1 Meg region, leaving you
       with as much as 384K less extended memory.  In this case,
       you would need to turn off Video and System Bios Shadowing.

       - You are shelled out from DOSSHELL, from Windows, or from
       some other shell or menuing program.  BC won't work well
       from DOSSHELL;  you will need lots of memory to be able to
       run BC shelled from Windows.  Try running BC from the plain
       default starting DOS prompt.

       - Your high memory (above 1 Meg) is divided between expanded
       and extended memory.  Check the settings for EMM386 or other
       expanded memory managers and make sure that you are not
       setting aside a small separate chunk of expanded memory;
       Borland's memory management will try to use that expanded
       memory first and then report that there wasn't enough of it.

       - You are running on a 286 which has hardware expanded
       memory;  hardware expanded memory will not be usable by
       BC/TC.  Configure it as extended memory if possible.














  PRODUCT  :  Borland C++                           NUMBER  :  1328
  VERSION  :  3.1
       OS  :  DOS
     DATE  :  October 25, 1993                         PAGE  :  2/2

    TITLE  :  Resolving loadtime error messages from BC or TC




       A final note is that a useful tool in checking memory
  availability is DOS 5's MEM command;  if it reads 900K ( or more
  ) of extended, XMS, or EMS free, you should be in good shape.


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