Microsoft KB Archive/68542

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Windows Err Msg: Insufficient Memory to Run App (with HELP)

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Q68542

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a

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SYMPTOMS
The following error message is displayed when you select one of the options under Help from any Windows 3.0 application:

Insufficient memory to run application; close one or more applications to increase available memory and try again

CAUSE
The Microsoft Windows 3.0 Help engine file &quot;WINHELP.EXE&quot; may still be in the compressed format from the Windows disks. You can verify if the WINHELP.EXE file is compressed by looking at the file size. If the file size is 100335 bytes, then it is compressed.

RESOLUTION
You need to use the EXPAND.EXE utility to decompress the WINHELP.EXE file.. EXPAND.EXE is located on the Windows 3.0 disk 2 for all three disk formats. For information on how to use the EXPAND.EXE utility, from the MS-DOS command prompt, type expand and press ENTER.

MORE INFORMATION
The file information for WINHELP.EXE is listed below:

                                    COMPRESSED   DECOMPRESSED FORMAT           LOCATION        FILE SIZE    FILE SIZE --                   --

5.25-inch 1.2M   Disk 1          100335       193552 3.5-inch 720K    Disk 1          (same)       (same) 5.25-inch 360K   Disk 3          (same)       (same) Additional characteristics that may occur when this message appears include the following:


 * The caption bar of this error message is titled &quot;WINHELP&quot;.
 * An MS-DOS icon labeled &quot;WINHELP&quot; is listed among the currently running applications, if any.

Additional query words: 3.00 win30 3.00A

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin300 kbWin300a