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This error notifies you of problems with your page file. It may be accompanied by
"Project Application Name" error -4 Can't allocate memory

It happens when your page file is full or trying to grow as big as all the free space on your drive.
Make sure you have free disk space, otherwise clean out the drive the page file lives on, or move your page file to a drive that is big enough to hold it.

Information about and how to move the page file:
in Windows Vista
in Windows XP
in Windows NT and 2000
in Windows 9x

Calculating page file sizes in 64bit Windows.
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-This error notifies you of problems with your page file. It may be accompanied by
+This error notifies you of problems with your page file. It may be accompanied by &quot;Project Application Name&quot; error -4 Can't allocate memory.<br>
-&quot;Project Application Name&quot; error -4 Can't allocate memory
+<br>
+It happens when your page file is full or trying to grow as big as all the free space on your drive. <br>
-It happens when your page file is full or trying to grow as big as all the free space on your drive.
+Make sure you have free disk space, otherwise clean out the drive the page file lives on, or move your page file to a drive that is big enough to hold it. <br>
-Make sure you have free disk space, otherwise clean out the drive the page file lives on, or move your page file to a drive that is big enough to hold it.
+<br>
+In Windows Vista, 7, 8.1 and 10 do the following:<br>
-Information about and how to move the page file:
+# Press Win + R keys together on the keyboard. The Run dialog will appear.
-in Windows Vista
+# Type the following in the Run box: '''SystemPropertiesAdvanced'''
-in Windows XP
+# Click OK.
-in Windows NT and 2000
+# In the window that opens click Performance Tab
-in Windows 9x
+# Click Settings
+# Advanced Settings Tab | Virtual Memory | Click Change
-Calculating page file sizes in 64bit Windows.
+# Uncheck Automatically manage page file (for all drives)
+# Clicking on disk will allow you to set paging file where you want.
+Do read the warning blurb when you try to disable the page file on the C: drive and then determine if you want to risk that. If you do not, set its sizes to 800 and 850MB and be done with it.<br>
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