Microsoft KB Archive/98405

= MemMaker Damages Related Files with Incorrect Path =

Article ID: 98405

Article Last Modified on 11/19/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q98405



SYMPTOMS
If your PATH environment variable is set to PATH=\DOS when you run MemMaker, the following files are truncated:

CHKSTATE.SYS

EMM386.EXE

HIMEM.SYS

MEMMAKER.HLP

MEMMAKER.EXE

SIZER.EXE

These files may be truncated to 8192, 4096 or zero bytes.

In addition, you may receive one of the following errors:


 * &quot;Sector not found&quot; error message overlaying the blue MemMaker screen

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 * &quot;Bad or missing error in CONFIG.SYS line n&quot; error message



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MS-DOS MemMaker version 6.00. This problem was corrected in later versions.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do the following:

 Set the path to PATH=C:\DOS.  Expand CHKSTATE.SY_, EMM386.EXE, HIMEM.SY_, MEMMAKER.HL_, MEMMAKER.EXE, and SIZER.EX_ from the original MS-DOS 6.0 disks. For example, to expand the CHKSTATE.SY_ file, type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and then press ENTER:

C:\dos\expand a:\chkstate.sy_ c:\dos\chkstate.sys

                                    File Location

Filename               1.44 MB     1.2 MB      720K       360K -

CHKSTATE.SY_            Disk 3     Disk 3     Disk 3     Disk  6 EMM386.EX_              Disk 3     Disk 4     Disk 5     Disk 10 HIMEM.SY_               Disk 1     Disk 2     Disk 3     Disk  5 MEMMAKER.EXE            Disk 3     Disk 4     Disk 3     Disk  6 MEMMAKER.HL_            Disk 3     Disk 3     Disk 3     Disk  6 SIZER.EX_               Disk 3     Disk 4     Disk 3     Disk  6  Rerun MemMaker.

Additional query words: 6.00 statement environmental set size change

Keywords: KB98405

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