MS DOS Command: LOADFIX.COM

Reference from Microsoft MS-DOS cmd help

Description

Ensures that a program is loaded above the first 64K of conventional memory, and runs the program.

Syntax

Parameters

Remarks

Some programs will display the "Packed file corrupt" message when all or a portion of the program has been loaded in the first 64K of conventional memory and cannot run successfully. This error is most likely to occur when you load device drivers into the upper memory area, thereby freeing more of the first 64K of conventional memory. If MS-DOS displays this message, use the LOADFIX command to ensure that a program is loaded above the first 64K of conventional memory.

To use the LOADFIX command, include it at the beginning of the command that starts the program.

Examples

To load a program named MYAPP.EXE (in the APPS directory of drive C) and use the /C parameter (for example, to load the program in character mode), type the following at the command prompt or include the command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

loadfix c:\apps\myapp.exe /c