How can I fix "program too big to fit in memory"?

[dj_detox]

How do I open the program otherwise when I get this warning?

[Blinkin]

more details.

[dj_detox]

well im trying to open an exe and its opening in DOS and thats what it says "program too big.. blah blah" and i dont know how to open it whereas i can actually use it

[Ichi]

I'm not totally sure, but it sounds like you need more RAM. The program has too many processor commands to fit in memory. Or something like that...anyway, look in your computer manual (if you have one), look up the type of RAM you have, and go down to your local computer shop and get some. Be sure to get the right size. But only get morer RAM if the exe you are trying to open is in someway vital. Hope this helps. Remember, I'm not totally sure.

[dj_detox]

but i have 512mb sd ram there shouldnt be a problem if thats what it is...?

[ELiTE KiLLaH]

press ctrl+alt+del and see wahts taking up the ram
end useless crap that you dun need (under processes)

useless crap includes:
-any programs you have installed yourlsef that show up running there
-any programs you have launched yourlself that show up running there (internet explorer can take up TONS of ram sometimes..)

if u have xp (probably 2k as well) dont end any of the svchost.exe things
and of course not explorer.exe eiter
anything else that you try to kill taht u shouldnt, will pop up with a msg sayin u cant end this blah blah blah

how big is ur page file?

[cybergon]

I really don't think this is the problem, this morning i was trying to open a 2mb file and i got the same message, though I have 1g of ram and only using like 300mb.

[Kurtis]

have you guys tried rebooting? have you tried closing other programs that are open in the tray that you don't need open? if it's telling you the program is too big to fit in memory, you probably have most of your memory used up

[Max Slowik]

What OS are you using? Windows 2000 and up don't support DOS natively, and if it is a DOS application, it could be trying to make a memory call in a way that's not compatible with Windows. You'll have better luck using a DOS emulator, like http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1 .

Are you sure it's even trying to run in dos, or is it just running a batch script in a terminal?

There's an easy way for us to know: what are you trying to run, and with what OS?

[Nick]

FYI: The original post for help is two and a half years old. I don't think they really need help anymore...

[Max Slowik]

I thought Cybergon needed help, too. You still havin' that problem, C?

[cybergon]

yeah man, i though a better pc would solve it but nah, i guess 1gb of ram still isn't enough memory.

[blackjet]

FYI: The original post for help is two and a half years old. I don't think they really need help anymore...

LOL :-)

[Max Slowik]

So like I was getting into, it seems more like bad code. I think this because of two things:

When an application needs a lot of system memory, Windows sticks lower priority processes into its page file, so that it has room to breathe. If said program needs even more memory, it gets run out of the page file, in part or in whole, also. This basically gives it as much RAM as Windows has hard drive space. That's probably way more than it could ever need. I mean, that's two or three gigs of RAM, as far as the program knows.

And Windows is designed to prevent code from directly accessing RAM to keep programs from over-writing each other's information. Older programs or bad programs that try to directly access memory are denied this, and throw insufficient memory errors when Windows stops them. It's not that there isn't memory for them.

Since most programers know this is the environment their programs are going to operate in, it's not a problem. But like I said, old programs that didn't have the benefit of non-DOS OSes don't work right: there isn't any DOS in Windows any more, you need an emulator.

So what are you trying to run? Does this even remotely seem like the problem?

[Rockie]

on this page
"Program too big to fit into memory" error message occurs when you try to install the Visual Studio .NET product installation file from the MSDN Web site" (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316573)
microsoft says that problem occurs becouse of corrupted installiation file.

So I had same problem when I was trying to launch installiation file that was corrupted. Try to get another installiation file.

Best regards,
Rockie

[Dyrewolph]

FYI: The original post for help is two and a half years old. I don't think they really need help anymore...
LOL :-)
make that 3 and a bit...

[bbaughman08]

i dont think im having a memory problem but i might could use your help as well, i have 3.5gig of ram,,im running xpsp2 on a 80gig sata drive,,i have my programs on a 120gig ide drive and i store my photos and docs on a 500gig sata drive,, my processor is a 2.6p4/hyperthreading///// however if i try to do several things at a time i seem to use just about all the cpu according to task monitor.. when im not doing anything my system idle speed stays around 99% as it should so i dont have any viruses or such...its just as i stated earlier about the cpu usuage thanks

[bbaughman08]

i dont think im having a memory problem but i might could use your help as well, i have 3.5gig of ram,,im running xpsp2 on a 80gig sata drive,,i have my programs on a 120gig ide drive and i store my photos and docs on a 500gig sata drive,, my processor is a 2.6p4/hyperthreading///// however if i try to do several things at a time i seem to use just about all the cpu according to task monitor.. when im not doing anything my system idle speed stays around 99% as it should so i dont have any viruses or such...its just as i stated earlier about the cpu usuage thanks