Microsoft KB Archive/123409

= MSCDEX Does Not Set "Name" of EMS Allocation =

Article ID: 123409

Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS CD-ROM Extensions 2.1
 * Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions (MSCDEX) for MS-DOS 2.2
 * Microsoft MS-DOS CD-ROM Extensions 2.21
 * Microsoft MS-DOS CD-ROM Extensions 2.22
 * Microsoft MS-DOS CD-ROM Extensions 2.23

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This article was previously published under Q123409



SUMMARY
When it is loaded with the /E parameter, Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions for MS- DOS (MSCDEX) does not set the EMS handle name field associated with the handle it allocates for its CD-ROM buffers.

The MEM /D command reports the Expanded Memory Specification handle usage and also shows the name of the handle's owner. When MSCDEX is loaded with Expanded Memory support (the /E parameter), the EMS handle that it allocates does not have an owner name associated with it.



MORE INFORMATION
MSCDEX is a LIM 3.0 compliant EMS user. The EMS API to set the handle name is a LIM 4.0 EMS feature; therefore, MSCDEX is not designed to use it.

Additional query words: 2.10 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23

Keywords: KB123409

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