Thanks a lot, Kat and Tobie.

I tried the method of right clicking on 123.EXE in Windows explorer and
setting the Expanded Memory to maximum. This immediately solved my problem.

Now that I know how simple it is to increase memory allocation for DOS
programs in Win2000, it's kind of funny to recall how I struggled for nearly
a month, only because I didn't know the correct method!

Thanks once again.

Regards,
Bala


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathy Quinlan [mailto:katinka@MAGESTOWER.COM]
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 4:52 AM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT]: Win 2000 & DOS Programs
>
>
> Hi Bala,
>
> If yo use windows explorer to go to the program executable ie
> 123.exe. Right
> mouse click the program and select properties. Instead of the
> normal windows
> program tabs, we have the dos tabs, they set up what fonts
> are used, screen
> size and resolution etc. The one you want is marked memory
> everything will
> be set for auto, but IIRC once the program is up and running
> it can not ask
> for more memory. To start off with I would set all the memory
> amounts to
> maximum. Also worth considering is the Program tab, hit the
> advanced button
> and create your own config.sys and autoexec.bat files (save
> these in the
> directory with your program ie C;\program files\lotus123\
>
> Hope this helps :o)
>
> Regards,
>
> Kat.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bala Chandar" <Bala.Chandar@AVENTIS.COM>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 2:20 PM
> 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
> >
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