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Unable to Start 16-bit Applications in Separate Memory Space

Article ID: 124742

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5

This article was previously published under Q124742

SYMPTOMS

After you enable 16-bit applications to run in separate memory spaces in Windows NT version 3.5, you may receive the following error message when you attempt to run any one of the 16-bit applications:

Error while setting up environment for the application.

WORKAROUND

You can run all 16-bit applications in the same memory space by disabling the option of "Run in Separate Memory Space" for each 16-bit application's program item property.

You may also be able to work around this problem by editing the Visual C++ environment variable LIB. Remove the %lib% portion and replace it with a complete path.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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Keywords: KB124742