I'm getting an error message in WC- never seen before...

[phatcandyraps aka Sonya]

I am making another set for my website, and I keep getting this error message: "Out of Memory".

I had several wc things open at once as I am going with the same colors in the set, ie, I made a gallon front, and saved, then opened a new wc page using the little page at the top, and copied and pasted from the first that I made. When I went to make some minis, three on one page, everytime I go to save them as individuals, I get the message, does anyone know what it means? I guarantee it has nothing to do with my comp space, I have 260 GB of free. I am stumped.

Any thoughts?


Thanks, Sonya

[MsJaay]

It might not be your harddrive space, it is your RAM.  How much is your RAM, you can upgrade this yourself.   or if you are using a flashdrive, then check that too. 

[phatcandyraps aka Sonya]

MsJaay, I looked and found that I have 2.00 GB of RAM. I'm not exactly sure what that means. What should I be looking for? Could you explain it a little more for me? Thanks so much.

[MsJaay]

When you run a large number of Windows-based programs, "Out Of Memory" error messages appear when you attempt to start new programs or try to use programs that are already running, even though you still have plenty of physical and page file memory available.  ( I grabbed this info from Microsoft's knowledge base)  And it says something about your heap space needed to be increased. 

[phatcandyraps aka Sonya]

Well then, it makes perfect sense that I would get the message. I had several wc programs going at the same time, and started getting the error message on the fifth thing I was working on. I won't make the same mistake twice. Thanks for all your help.

Have a great weekend.

Sonya