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Q85684: Compressed QBASIC.EXE Gives "Out of Memory" Error with Editor

Article: Q85684
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.0,5.0a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 26-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 5.0, 5.0a 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you rename or copy the compressed QBASIC.EX_ file to QBASIC.EXE without using
the MS-DOS 5.0 EXPAND utility, any attempt to start MS-DOS 5.0 Editor will give
an "Out of memory" message.

MORE INFORMATION
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Editor uses of the QBasic interpretive editor. When QBASIC.EXE is compressed or
is corrupt, Editor will give an "Out of memory" error when loading.

RESOLUTION
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To correct this problem, expand QBASIC.EX_ to QBASIC.EXE by typing the following
from the MS-DOS directory

  " expand [drive:]qbasic.ex_ c:\dos\qbasic.exe" (without the quotation marks)

where [drive:] is the floppy drive location of the compressed file.


Additional query words: 5.00 5.00a

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS500a
Version           : MS-DOS:5.0,5.0a

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