Re: Limit System Memory Available to Program

[Lukas Beeler <lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 17:19, Bill<brobins3d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is there a way to limit the system memory for just one program?

Not an OS-supplied one.

> The error returned is "Not enough memory", when the system is not limited.

You could write a wrapper that intercepts the APIs the program tries
to call, and use a DLL preload trick to get it running, but that's a
job for someone well-versed in Windows development. Other options
below.

> I've heard about a program called DosBox, which we'll try later, anyone
> have any experience with this or something similar?

DosBox is an MS-DOS Emulator. If you're trying to use an MS-DOS based
program, this might be what you're looking for. DosBox is primarely
aimed at gaming, and supplies little options in term of output or
networking.

Another way would be to install a VM, with a second Windows XP running
with 512MB of memory in it. This has other drawbacks, as you need to
license a second copy of Windows XP, maintain a second copy of Windows
XP, etc.

There's only one right way: Get the application vendor to fix their
mess. If they don't want to do that, drop the application.