Microsoft KB Archive/221911

= You receive a "Could not execute: Path not found" error message and the memory usage increases when you start and stop the Visual C++ integrated debugger by using the F5 key =

Article ID: 221911

Article Last Modified on 8/24/2005

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition, when used with:  Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server</li></ul> </li></ul>

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This article was previously published under Q221911

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SYMPTOMS
The Windows NT Task Manager shows an increase in memory usage every time the Visual C++ integrated debugger is started using F5 and then stopped. When the system exhausts the virtual memory limit, the application and debugger crashes displaying the following 3 message boxes:  

Microsoft Visual C++ "Could not execute: Path not found (win 32 error3)"Microsoft Visual C++ "DM0025: Error attaching to Process"Sample.exe- Application Error "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc000012d)

Click on OK to terminate the application"

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RESOLUTION
The memory can be freed before the system runs out of virtual memory by closing the Visual C++ IDE.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visual C++ .NET.

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Steps to reproduce the behavior

 * 1) Create a default MFC application using the AppWizard and build it.
 * 2) Start Windows NT Task Manager, click the Performance tab and watch MEM Usage.
 * 3) Start the integrated debugger by pressing F5.
 * 4) Note MEM Usage.
 * 5) Stop the debugger.
 * 6) Repeat steps 3-5.

Note Mem Usage has increased by quite some amount. If the virtual memory limit is reached then the errors messages described above are seen.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbtshoot kbnoupdate kbide kbdebug KB221911

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