Fatal Error Messages 0x0140 and 0x0240

ID: Q12244

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1

SUMMARY

The FatalExit messages "Local heap is busy" (0x0140) and "Critical section problems" (0x0240) indicate internal errors in Windows's memory management routines; 0x0140 indicates an incorrect attempt to enter or leave a critical section in the local memory manager; 0x0240 indicates that the total number of free handles doesn't match up.

These errors shouldn't occur unless something gets destroyed; this is usually an indication that an application is destroying memory by writing to an area where it shouldn't.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.10 rip dgroup

Keywords : kb16bitonly
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
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