>>hmm strange....
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>>i guess i have to think over again.
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>In your desktop shortcut, go into its Properties. On the Memory page make the following settings:
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>Conventional memory: Auto
>Expanded (EMS) memory: 0
>Extended (XMS) memory: 0
>MS-DOS protected-mode (DPMI) memory: Auto (or 15360 or 16384)
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>Works great for me - FPD 2.5b on W2K SP2.
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>Also check out Windows 2000 Compatibility Updates at
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/tools/appcompat/default.aspIf you leave XMS as 0 you can't sele a work area above 25 and it doesn't load the extended version of fox. I use extended 8192, uses hma checked off, conventional 520 (or as high as it will still work) and initial enviroment 256. Most important is that you leave expanded memory as NONE.