emm386.exe on XP

[Guest]

I have a small DOS based program that was written for me
by a local programmer. It makes use of a Microsoft file
called emm386.exe. I used Windows 98 2nd edition and this
worked well.

I have now installed Windows XP, and the programme does
not want to work. It comes up with a message "No EMS
driver is installed". I need to use more memmory to get
the small (2mb) programme to operate.

What can I do with XP to activate the equavalent to
emm386.exe, and which gives a DOS programme access to
memeory in the PC above 1MB

I would appreciate any help in solving this problem, as
it seems that Microsoft SA dont have answers, or are too
inexperienced with this.

Kind regards
Ralph Sorensen
Omni Forest Products cc
Tel 012-807 2580
Cell: 082 573 0710

 

[Diogenes41]

-----Original Message-----
I have a small DOS based program that was written for me
by a local programmer. It makes use of a Microsoft file
called emm386.exe. I used Windows 98 2nd edition and this
worked well.

I have now installed Windows XP, and the programme does
not want to work. It comes up with a message "No EMS
driver is installed". I need to use more memmory to get
the small (2mb) programme to operate.

What can I do with XP to activate the equavalent to
emm386.exe, and which gives a DOS programme access to
memeory in the PC above 1MB

I would appreciate any help in solving this problem, as
it seems that Microsoft SA dont have answers, or are too
inexperienced with this.

Kind regards
Ralph Sorensen
Omni Forest Products cc
Tel 012-807 2580
Cell: 082 573 0710
.

Hmmm... If you open the Explorer in XP, click on the Help
menu, and select Help and Support Center, then type
"emm386.exe" in the Search line prompt, you'll see that the
function is now inherent, meaning that whatever your
program does to explicitly invoke emm386.exe is causing the
problem because emm386.exe no longer exists. Whatever it
did under 98, it now does implicitly. Without knowing more
about your program, it seems that references to emm386.exe
should be excised.