MSCDEX Does Not Set "Name" of EMS Allocation (123409)



The information in this article applies to:
    Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions (MSCDEX) for MS-DOS 2.1
    Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions (MSCDEX) for MS-DOS 2.2
    Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions (MSCDEX) for MS-DOS 2.21
    Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions (MSCDEX) for MS-DOS 2.22
    Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions (MSCDEX) for MS-DOS 2.23

This article was previously published under Q123409

SUMMARY

When it is loaded with the /E parameter, Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions for MS- DOS (MSCDEX) does not set the EMS handle name field associated with the handle it allocates for its CD-ROM buffers.

The MEM /D command reports the Expanded Memory Specification handle usage and also shows the name of the handle's owner. When MSCDEX is loaded with Expanded Memory support (the /E parameter), the EMS handle that it allocates does not have an owner name associated with it.

MORE INFORMATION

MSCDEX is a LIM 3.0 compliant EMS user. The EMS API to set the handle name is a LIM 4.0 EMS feature; therefore, MSCDEX is not designed to use it.

Modification Type: Major Last Reviewed: 9/30/2003
Keywords: KB123409