Microsoft KB Archive/85684

= Compressed QBASIC.EXE Gives &quot;Out of Memory&quot; Error with Editor =

Article ID: 85684

Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a

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This article was previously published under Q85684



SYMPTOMS
If you rename or copy the compressed QBASIC.EX_ file to QBASIC.EXE without using the MS-DOS 5.0 EXPAND utility, any attempt to start MS-DOS 5.0 Editor will give an &quot;Out of memory&quot; message.



MORE INFORMATION
Editor uses of the QBasic interpretive editor. When QBASIC.EXE is compressed or is corrupt, Editor will give an &quot;Out of memory&quot; error when loading.



RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, expand QBASIC.EX_ to QBASIC.EXE by typing the following from the MS-DOS directory

expand [drive:]qbasic.ex_ c:\dos\qbasic.exe

where [drive:] is the floppy drive location of the compressed file.

Additional query words: 5.00 5.00a

Keywords: KB85684

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