PRB: RUN Command Error: "The KB Required Value Is Too Large"

 Last reviewed: June 27, 1995
Article ID: Q101593
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5 and 2.5a

SYMPTOMS

The following error message occurs when you attempt to start an MS-DOS session from FoxPro for Windows using the RUN or "!" (without the quotation marks) commands: 

   The KB Required value is too large. Decrease PIF KB Required.

CAUSE

There is not enough memory to start an MS-DOS session.

RESOLUTION

Use one of the following workarounds:

  • Use the PIF Editor, located in the Main group in Windows 3.1, to open the FOXRUN.PIF file, which is located in the FoxPro development directory (usually FOXPROW). Decrease the KB Required value in the Memory Requirements text box.

    -or-

  • Free up more conventional memory by modifying your CONFIG.SYS and/or AUTOEXEC.BAT files. Use the REM command to comment out any unnecessary devices or programs, or use an upper memory block manager such as EMM386.EXE to load devices and programs into upper memory.

Additional reference words: FoxWin 2.50 2.50a errmsg err msg
KBCategory: kbprg kberrmsg kbprb
KBSubcategory: FxtoolGeneral

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Last reviewed: June 27, 1995
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