EMM386.exe extended memory on XP

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I have a small DOS based program that was written for me
by a local programmer. It makes use of a Microsoft file
called emm386.exe. I used Windows 98 2nd edition and this
worked well.

I have now installed Windows XP, and the programme does
not want to work. It comes up with a message "No EMS
driver is installed". I need to use more memmory to get
the small (2mb) programme to operate.

What can I do with XP to activate the equavalent to
emm386.exe, and which gives a DOS programme access to
memeory in the PC above 1MB

I would appreciate any help in solving this problem, as
it seems that Microsoft SA dont have answers, or are too
inexperienced with this.

Kind regards
Ralph Sorensen
Omni Forest Products cc
Tel 012-807 2580
Cell: 082 573 0710
 
As far as I know, this cannot be done in XP. First, there is no
"emm386.exe" in XP for the program to invoke.

The only way around this would be to use a dos boot disk with the
appropriate files. Also, I believe the system partition on the hard drive
would have to be FAT32 and not NTFS.
 
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