Resident Software May Cause "Internal Debugger Error"

ID Number: Q47989

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MS-DOS

Question:

Sometimes when I run CodeView, I get an "Internal Debugger Error"

message. What causes this?

Response:

Internal Debugger Error messages are usually caused by problems in

your MS-DOS environment; the most likely cause is the presence of

memory-resident software, commonly referred to as TSRs (terminate-

and-stay-resident software).

For example, running CodeView with Borland's Sidekick loaded has been

known to cause "Internal Debugger Error 80" and "R6002: Floating Point

not loaded" error messages. "Internal Debugger Error 80" has also been

reported when CodeView was run with Software Solutions' "Software

Carousel" loaded into memory.

CodeView Versions 2.0 and later have become increasingly more

sensitive to TSRs. If you receive an Internal Debugger Error message,

or you are experiencing strange problems within CodeView, make sure

you are running CodeView with no memory-resident software loaded

(including, but not limited to, device drivers, screen savers,

keyboard enhancers, command-line editors, etc.). Disabling your

resident software, but not rebooting, may not completely remove its

interference, so be sure to "boot clean" when trying to resolve a

problem of this type.

If you continue to receive the error message without memory-resident

programs, try running CodeView on some other program to see if the

error is related to particular code. If the error is related to the

specific code, and you are unable to determine the cause, you may want

to call Microsoft Product Support.

If the error is not dependent on your code, the problem might be the

particular sequence of CodeView commands you execute. Make a note of

what operations you performed, i.e., the sequence of Trace, Go, Watch,

Breakpoint, etc., commands that were issued, and contact Microsoft

Product Support.

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