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Q99019: Undelete Err Msg: Cannot Load with UNDELETE Already Resident

Article: Q99019
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 19-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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SUMMARY
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When you configure Microsoft Undelete for Windows by choosing the Configure
Delete Protection command from the Options menu, it adds the following line to
the end of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

  " undelete /load " (without the quotation marks)

This occurs even if a LOADHIGH (LH) statement for UNDELETE /LOAD already appears
in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. To correct this problem, remark out (by using the REM
command) or delete the second occurrence of UNDELETE /LOAD.

MORE INFORMATION
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If you have previously configured Undelete and then run MemMaker on your system
to optimize memory, or if you manually installed the LOADHIGH line in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file for UNDELETE /LOAD, the modification shown above is still
added to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file the next time Undelete is configured in Windows.
The AUTOEXEC.BAT file then contains both lines as follows:

  lh /l:[region,size] undelete /load
  undelete /load

When you restart the machine and execute the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, the following
message appears:

  Cannot load with UNDELETE already resident.

To eliminate this message, open the AUTOEXEC.BAT file in a text editor (such as
MS-DOS Editor) and remark out the second occurrence of UNDELETE /LOAD or delete
the second line entirely.

NOTE: This second instance of UNDELETE /LOAD does not occur in the AUTOEXEC.BAT
file if an Undelete command appears without the LOADHIGH (LH) specification.

Additional query words: 6.22 6.00 tracking sentry purge 6.20

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600
Version           : MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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