PRB: "Could not Load Debugee, Windows is Out of memory (1)"

ID: Q113969

The information in this article applies to:

The Visual Workbench Integrated Debugger included with:
- Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, version 1.5

SYMPTOMS

The integrated debugger in Visual C++ 1.50 uses a DLL (TLW0NCL.DLL) that is unecessarily allocated in low memory (below one meg) and fixed there. This uses a valuable system resource that should be available for other applications.

The most common behavior is the appearance of a message box containing this error message:

   Could not load debugee. Windows is Out of Memory (1)

This occurs when trying to run an application in the Visual Workbench debugger. One reason this can occur is because all of the memory below one megabyte is full. Typically, this will happen when many drivers are loaded, such as network or SCSI drivers.

RESOLUTION

Microsoft has released a patch to Visual C++ 1.5 which will allow the DLL for the debugger to load where Windows has room. This patch will modify the Visual Workbench 1.50, the new one will be version 1.50.01.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ VC1501.exe (size: 81078 bytes)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

In addition, this patch will fix another problem with Visual C++ 1.50. The problem occurs when long strings are passed to OutputDebugString(), or when OutputDebugString() is called successively with no new-line characters. This may cause a general protection (GP) fault or cause the computer to hang (stop responding). For more information on this problem, query in the Microsoft Knowledge Base using these keywords:

   OutputDebugString and Workbench and patch

This patch should only be applied when one of these problems is specifically encountered. These are the only two changes to Visual C++, version 1.5.

Additional query words: GPF

Keywords          : kb16bitonly kbDebug kbide 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.5;
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: March 29, 1998