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The Duck! Troubleshooting Segment Load Errors
Windows 3.0, 3.1, 3.11, and WFW
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Please note: The following document is taken from the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
You can access the Knowledge Base on the Web at:
http://www.microsoft.com/kb/default.asp
This article can be found by querying on the keywords "segment load failure"

After reading this article you may want to return to the
Troubleshooting General Protection Faults
article.

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11
 - Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11
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SUMMARY
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Microsoft Windows loads programs into memory in segments (64K blocks
of memory) marked fixed, movable, or discardable. Windows can unload
discardable segments when it needs more memory for other applications.
 
When an application needs to access a segment of code that is not in
memory, Windows loads it from the hard disk. If Windows cannot load
the segment for some reason, it generates a "Segment Load Failure"
error.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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"Segment Load Failure" errors are generated if a discarded code
segment has been damaged or moved, or if Windows lacks the system
resources to load a file, as in the case when there are not enough
MS-DOS file handles.
 
"Segment Load Failure" errors may also be caused by corrupt binary
files. Reinstalling Windows or Windows for Workgroups into a new
directory or over itself may alleviate the error.
 
You can troubleshoot "Segment Load Failure" errors in the same manner
that you would troubleshoot a general protection (GP) fault or an 
unrecoverable application error (UAE). For more information on these 
troubleshooting procedures, query on the following words in the 
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   gp and tshoot
 
KBCategory: kbother kbtshoot
KBSubcategory: win30 win31 wfw wfwg winmem
Additional reference words: gpf 3.00 3.00a 3.10 howto moveable 3.11
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