You receive the "Your computer has run out of available memory" error message when you start Flight Simulator (892610)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Flight Simulator X Deluxe
  • Flight Simulator X Standard
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight

SYMPTOMS

When you start Microsoft Flight Simulator, you receive the following error message:
Your computer has run out of available memory. Flight simulator will now exit. You may not have enough free space on your hard disk drive. Run disk cleanup to free up space, and then try running Flight Simulator again.

CAUSE

This issue may occur if one of the following conditions is true:
  • Your hard disk drive does not have sufficient space available to play Flight Simulator.
  • The Microsoft Windows paging file is corrupted.

RESOLUTION

Note Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.

To resolve this issue, use one or both of the following methods depending on your situation.

Method 1: Available hard disk drive space

  1. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
  2. Right-click the hard disk where Flight Simulator is installed, and then click Properties.

    Note Flight Simulator is typically installed on drive C.
  3. Make sure that the amount of Free space is more than 500 megabytes (MB).
Note 500 MB of available hard disk space is required to play Flight Simulator. 1 gigabyte (GB) of available hard disk drive space is recommended. If you do not have at least 500 MB of available hard disk space, you must remove or delete some of the files or programs on the hard disk drive.

Method 2: Rebuild the Windows paging file

  1. Log on to the computer by using a user account that has Administrator permissions.
  2. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
  3. In the console tree, right-click Computer Management (Local), and then click Properties.
  4. On the Advanced tab, under Performance, click Settings.
  5. In the Performance Options dialog box, under Virtual memory, click Change.
  6. In the Drive list, select the drive that contains the paging file that you want to rebuild.
  7. Under Paging file size for selected drive, type 0 (zero) for Initial size (MB) and for Maximum size (MB), and then click Set.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Repeat steps 1 through 6.
  10. In the Virtual Memory dialog box, under Paging file size for selected drive, click System managed size, and then click Set.
  11. If you are prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.

Additional information

If you have sufficient hard disk drive space and rebuilding the Windows paging file does not resolve this issue, some of the Windows files on your computer may be damaged. For more help with this issue, contact the computer manufacturer (OEM) or contact Microsoft Windows Product Support Services.

For information about how to contact your computer manufacturer, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

65416 Hardware and software vendor contact information, A-K

60781 Hardware and software vendor contact information, L-P

60782 Hardware and software vendor contact information, Q-Z



For more information about how to contact Microsoft Windows Product Support Services, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/2/2006
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