Microsoft KB Archive/12244

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Fatal Error Messages 0x0140 and 0x0240

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Q12244

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1

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SUMMARY
The FatalExit messages "Local heap is busy" (0x0140) and "Critical section problems" (0x0240) indicate internal errors in Windows's memory management routines; 0x0140 indicates an incorrect attempt to enter or leave a critical section in the local memory manager; 0x0240 indicates that the total number of free handles doesn't match up.

These errors shouldn't occur unless something gets destroyed; this is usually an indication that an application is destroying memory by writing to an area where it shouldn't.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.10 rip dgroup

Keywords : kb16bitonly

Issue type :

Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310