Bala, Can't you simply create a .PIF file (kind of a DOS shortcut on steroods) ? IIRC there was a memory tab somewhere when you the viewed the Properties of the PIF file where you could change the various memory settings. Tobie Horswill thorswilATexmachina.qc.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bala Chandar" To: Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 2:20 AM Subject: Re: [OT]: Win 2000 & DOS Programs > A few months back, we have switched over to Windows 2000 from Windows 95 in > our office. The PC configuration is: DELL P III 866MHz, 20GB HDD & 128MB > RAM. > > Though MS Excel is the most widely used spreadsheet package, I still use > Lotus 123 for DOS and need to open and work on old Lotus files with huge > macros (created in version 2.2 for DOS). > > The problem I am facing is that the memory allocated to the DOS window in > Win2000 is less than 1 MB and if the Lotus file size is more than around 250 > KB, I get the message "Memory full" and can't work on the file in the usual > way. > > This was never a problem with Win95 and Win98 and I guess, this has to do > with the way Win2000 handles old DOS programs compared to its 95 & 98 > siblings. There doesn't seem to be any easy way of increasing the memory > allocation to a DOS window. > > Can someone tell me how to do it please? > > Regards, > Bala > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.