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Q75359: PRB: One Cause of Fatal Exit 0x0140 "Local Heap Is Busy"

Article: Q75359
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 05-NOV-1999

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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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SYMPTOMS
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The debugging version of Windows reports Fatal Exit 0x0140.

CAUSE
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A module with no heap (such as a no-data dynamic-link library) uses LocalAlloc
to allocate local memory. Even if the application does not call LocalAlloc
directly, application startup code in the C run-time libraries allocates memory
to store the command-line arguments.

RESOLUTION
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Make sure that the proper library is specified on the LINK command line.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.10

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.1

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