Startup Option /W Problem

DocumentID: 650252
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:28:58 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: Customer is trying to use the /W option when starting 5.1 to allocate work space to expanded memory. When he specifies /w=53 (the manual-stated minimum amount), WP takes about 330K in conventional RAM, and seems to take up some in expanded, but he can not perform memory-intensive functions (i.e., cannot view document). He would like to run this from Desqview, and when he uses WP/W=150,* there, he gets a message in WP that requested work space is too large. His memory board is Everex Ram 8000 expanded memory board with 4MB of memory, the driver is also made by Everex (it came with the board, version 4.03). It should be LIM 4.0 specifications. Solutions: Most WordPerfect features require portions of base memory. Even features which benefit from expanded memory may need conventional, (base), memory as well. The /W-53 is listed as the MINIMUM, but that doesn't mean all features will work under those conditions. In this case the customer needs to increase the work space in conventional memory and tell WordPerfect to use as much expanded memory as possible. Example: /W-,* This will not help all functions, because not all functions access expanded memory. See Memo ID# 309 for more information.

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