Microsoft KB Archive/119066

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BOOTLOG.TXT Failure Codes

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Q119066

3.10 3.11

WINDOWS

kbsetup kbenv

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11

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SUMMARY
You can create a BOOTLOG.TXT file by typing win /b when you are troubleshooting problems starting Windows or Windows for Workgroups. The /B switch creates the file in the Windows directory. You can view BOOTLOG.TXT in a text editor, such as Windows Notepad. This file includes a list of the basic Windows drivers as they are loaded. If there is a problem loading a driver, a statement appears in the BOOTLOG.TXT file indicating which driver could not load.

NOTE: This switch appends new information to the end of an existing BOOTLOG.TXT file. Therefore, you may want to rename or delete any existing BOOTLOG.TXT file in the Windows directory before using the /B switch.

MORE INFORMATION
In BOOTLOG.TXT, a line reporting a loading failure appears as follows

LoadFail =  Failure code is <##>

where  is the name of the device that failed to load, and <##> is the numeric failure code.

The following is a list of failure codes that may appear in the BOOTLOG.TXT file and their corresponding descriptions:

  Code  Description -

0    Out of memory 2    File not found 3    Path not found 5    Attempt to dynamically link to a task 6    Library requires separate data segments for each task 8    Insufficient memory to start application 10    Incorrect Windows version 11    Invalid .EXE file (non-Windows .EXE file or error in .EXE file          image) 12    OS/2 application 13    MS-DOS 4.0 application 14    Unknown .EXE file type 15    Attempt in protected (standard or 386 enhanced) mode to load an          .EXE file created for an earlier version of Windows 16    Attempt to load a second instance of an .EXE file containing multiple writeable data segments 17    Attempt in a large-frame EMS mode to load a second instance of an application that links to certain nonshareable DLLs already in use 18    Attempt in real mode to load an application marked for protected mode only Additional query words: error code 3.10 3.1 3.11

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