Microsoft KB Archive/94013

= MS-DOS: MEM Doesn't Display &quot;Bytes Available XMS Memory&quot; =

Article ID: 94013

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 Q94013



SUMMARY
The MEM command does not display the following line if the Extended Memory Specification (XMS) driver is not loaded, or if the driver is loaded but not initialized:

Bytes available XMS memory



MORE INFORMATION
The amount of available extended memory is not displayed until the XMS driver (usually HIMEM.SYS) is loaded AND a device driver that uses extended memory has also loaded. The following MS-DOS commands or device drivers use extended memory: dos=high device=c:\dos\emm386.exe device=c:\dos\smartdrv.sys device=c:\dos\ramdrive.sys /e

Additional query words: 5.00 5.00a

Keywords: KB94013

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