MS-DOS Buffersize Could Cause Problem Opening Command Prompt (154546)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q154546 SUMMARY
When you use Control Panel Console to increase the command prompt screen
buffer size, you may have difficulty accessing the command prompt the next
time you try. You may either experience a long delay between the time you
select the command prompt icon and the time the command window is loaded,
or you may receive the following error message:
Initialization of the dynamic link library <%systemrooot%>\Kernel32.dll
failed. The process is terminating abnormally.
CAUSE
When you set the height and width of the screen buffer size to 9999, you
are asking Kernel32.dll to allocate 190 MB of memory per command window.
This can fail if you do not set your paging file to grow to more than 190
MB.
RESOLUTION
Set your paging file to accommodate the size required for the buffer size.
-or-
Set the buffer to a smaller number.
MORE INFORMATION
In Windows NT 4.0, a warning will appear below the Windows Preview window
stating how much memory each Console window will use, if the settings use
one MB of memory or more.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/14/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbenv kbnetwork KB154546 |
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