16 bit subsystem error

[John Vinson]

I'm trying to open a moldy old Access 2.0 database on my WindowsXP
system (all patches and updates installed). I immediately get a
message from the "16 bit Windows subsystem":

H:\JOHNW~1.VIN\Temp\ A temporary file needed for initialization could
not be created or could not be written to. Make sure the directory
path exists, and disk space is available.

The path does exist, and space is indeed available (157GByte in fact);
and opening the folder uing the 8-byte name above works fine.

Is the problem that the disk is too big for a 16-bit app to handle?
What's a getaround?

John W. Vinson [Access MVP]

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Check the Permissions on the H:\JOHNW~1.VIN\Temp folder.

[[The Temp directory does not exist or does not have sufficient permissions,
or there is not enough hard disk space available. ]]
Error in Wowvdm When Installing FrontPage Server Extensions
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223336

"A Temporary File Needed for Initialization Could Not Be Created"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;213289

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[John Vinson]

Check the Permissions on the H:\JOHNW~1.VIN\Temp folder.

Full read/write/create/delete... sorry, should have said!

[[The Temp directory does not exist or does not have sufficient permissions,
or there is not enough hard disk space available. ]]
Error in Wowvdm When Installing FrontPage Server Extensions
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223336

doesn't appear to be relevant unfortunately...

"A Temporary File Needed for Initialization Could Not Be Created"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;213289

also sounds hopeful but...
APPLIES TO
• Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition

and suggests that the disk is running out of free space. It's not, by
acres.

I'm going to try redefining Temp to my (much smaller) C: drive rather
than the big H:...


John W. Vinson[MVP]

 

[Wesley Vogel]

John,

Those two articles were the closest matches to the error message that I
could find.

Both articles mention disk space, one mentions permissions.

You cannot always go by the APPLIES TO in MSKB articles. Lots of info
applies to other things as well. There are all kinds of 95 and 98 articles
that apply to XP (and probably Vista) even though the APPLIES TO does not
mention XP.

You know as well as I do that error messages do not always mean what they
say.

Besides, nobody else replied in over nine hours. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Check the Permissions on the H:\JOHNW~1.VIN\Temp folder.

Full read/write/create/delete... sorry, should have said!

[[The Temp directory does not exist or does not have sufficient
permissions, or there is not enough hard disk space available. ]]
Error in Wowvdm When Installing FrontPage Server Extensions
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223336

doesn't appear to be relevant unfortunately...

"A Temporary File Needed for Initialization Could Not Be Created"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;213289

also sounds hopeful but...
APPLIES TO
• Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition

and suggests that the disk is running out of free space. It's not, by
acres.

I'm going to try redefining Temp to my (much smaller) C: drive rather
than the big H:...


John W. Vinson[MVP]

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Forgot to include these...

Troubleshooting MS-DOS-based programs in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314106

How to Troubleshoot 16-Bit Windows Programs in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314495

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Check the Permissions on the H:\JOHNW~1.VIN\Temp folder.

Full read/write/create/delete... sorry, should have said!

[[The Temp directory does not exist or does not have sufficient
permissions, or there is not enough hard disk space available. ]]
Error in Wowvdm When Installing FrontPage Server Extensions
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223336

doesn't appear to be relevant unfortunately...

"A Temporary File Needed for Initialization Could Not Be Created"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;213289

also sounds hopeful but...
APPLIES TO
• Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition

and suggests that the disk is running out of free space. It's not, by
acres.

I'm going to try redefining Temp to my (much smaller) C: drive rather
than the big H:...


John W. Vinson[MVP]

 

[John Vinson]

You know as well as I do that error messages do not always mean what they
say.

Besides, nobody else replied in over nine hours. ;-)

Yep. Thanks a lot for replying, I'll check out the other links you
found!

John W. Vinson[MVP]