Jerry, I HAVE talked to them on several occasions about
the problem (and there are quite a few past posts on this
thread, too). There may be something in the fragmentation
idea, but the fundamental problem is some flaw in the
implementation of the 16-bit
WOW virtual machine environment under NT (which perhaps is
indeed triggered by fragmentation).
I have had the dern thing crash repeatedly, get disgusted,
go to bed, and the next morning it runs through without
a hitch. To me this speaks more toward virtual memory
handling rather than fragmentation. The WOW VM has a timeout
so that it goes away completely and restarts from zero
after a while. This usually fixes it for the moment.
So sometimes you can just ignore your problems for a
while and they go away! <GG>
Theoretically the setting I gave you should make this
cleanup happen for every 16-bit app you run, but it
doesn't seem to do so entirely.
All my files are in an NTFS partition (7 gigabytes,
actually). At todays prices, you can be 8 gigs of
disk space for 300 bucks; maybe a backup is easier
than you think.<g>
BTW, the Random House Unabridged Dictionary is a 16-bit
app I find near essential that has the same problem,
and the same fix.
Good luck,
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