Microsoft KB Archive/131041

= PRB: Programs Crash After Installing Visual FoxPro =

Article ID: 131041

Article Last Modified on 2/15/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q131041



SYMPTOMS
After installing the new versions of the 32-bit files for Visual FoxPro, products such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft FoxPro start crashing.



CAUSE
The computer may have a third-party virtual-device driver installed.



RESOLUTION
In the [386Enh] section of the SYSINI.INI file, set the MaxBPs to 400 or greater.



STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
The following information was taken from the Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 SYSINI.WRI.   [386Enh] Section Settings

The [386Enh] section contains information used for virtual-memory page swapping; virtual-memory network drivers; and 32-bit disk -  The [386Enh] section can contain the following setting

MaxBPs=

Default: 200

Purpose: Specifies the maximum number of break points (a method for  transferring control to Windows running in 386 enhanced mode) that can be used by the virtual-memory manager. You may need to increase this value if you are using a third-party virtual-device driver that requires more break points than the default value.

Additional query words: VFoxWin 3rd party VxD

Keywords: kbenv kb3rdparty KB131041

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