"not enough memory" fix for Poser 4, Painter 5, Painter Classic

I think metacreations has written more programs that are suffering from exactly the same "not enough memory" problem as described here.

"Poser 4" and "Painter 5" and "Painter 6" have the same issue as Painter Classic.
Therefore I wrote a variant of the fix for Painter Classic that could fool any executable into thinking the system has 512Mb of memory (as long as the executable fetches that data through "GlobalMemoryStatus"

I would like to know if the fix works for other programs, so please leave a note below if you find another product not mentioned on this page.

Download

Warning: A more recent fix has been made available ... check the main page under development projects

You can download the zip file here.

If this works for you and you find it worthwhile, feel free to donate something for it using Paypal or your credit card. Just to give you an idea, most people donate between 5 and 10 USD, 4 and 8 Euro or 700 and 1400 Yen.

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Installation

Unzip the zip file in the installation directory of the program you wish to "fix". The zip file contains two files "New_PClassic.exe" and "intercept.dll"

You will have to rename the executable "New_PClassic.exe" to make it work for the metacreations product you wish to fix.

The format of the exe filename is "<PREFIX>_<TARGET>.exe" where

PREFIX is anything you wish to name it (just make sure it doesn't contain an '_' character). I just used "New" as a prefix, but you can replace that with "whatever you like".
TARGET is the program that needs to be fixed (this is the executable as defined in the shortcut usually). For Painter Classic, this is PClassic (because you normally execute PClassic.exe through the shortcut)

For example: If the executable name is "Poser4.exe", you have to rename "New_PClassic.exe" to "New_Poser4.exe".

Now double click your "New_<....>.exe" and see if it works!

If it does work, please check if this fix has been reported to work below. If you are the first to try it, please drop me an email (dev at depeuter "." org) and provide the details so I can complete the table below.

Reported Programs this will fix

These are the programs that this fix have been reported to work with. The executable name is provided for your information to help you figure out what to rename the New_PClassic.exe in the zip file to. For example, for Poser you have to rename New_PClassic.exe to New_Poser.exe (because the executable name of Poser is Poser.exe)

Program	Progam Version	Rename Executable To
Painter Classic	1	New_PClassic.exe
Painter Classic	2	NO FIX IS NEEDED (?)
Painter	4	New_PNT4_32.exe
Painter	5, 5.5	New_Painter5.exe
Painter	6.1	New_Painter61.exe
Painter Classic	1 (Japanese)	New_PClassicJ.exe
Poser	3, 4	New_Poser.exe

What about the binary patch

For the Painter Classic program, I went through the exercise of providing a binary patch, however, providing a generic binary patch will be very difficult, unless the patch is verified to work and fix the correct problem in every version of the program it is patching.

Anyway, I think the patch provided above will be a sufficient workaround for being able to run you programs ... and that's what it's all about.

On the other hand, I have a feeling the binary patching of ASI32_12.dll will work just the same for all versions of Painter and Poser ... so for the brave, try to apply the binary patch as explained on the Painter Classic fix page.

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-- Geert De Peuter

User Comments

Sorry Im such a dense person but I've tried several times to install this generic fix.

Not even certain I have the real installation directory file open, I have the PAINTERC file from the installation disk of a now defunct wacom pad.

However there seems to be no file to be found any where Ive searched, ending in exe. Which REALLY baffles me.

Also what file(s), located where, am I supposed to rename?

I have used Painter Classic for so long it is like my right hand got lopped off not being able to use it.

I'm sure there is something obvious and simple I am over-looking, but I make art, I dont understand the paths of functionality in software at all.
And I am very desperate for a fix... Can you help me help myself?

thanks a lot! it works also on my painter classic and also on art dabbler 2.1. so thanks a lot!

** Unsafe download?**

Norton Internet Security flags this site as a risk due to a Trojan in the download. On downloading the zip file, generic_fix.zip, Norton reported that it had found and deleted a Trojan. Unfortunately I don't feel brave enough to try the file even though cleaned.

Hello, firstly thank you for the magnificent fix for painter 5.5, after I upgraded memory it failed to work but it is sorted, Just one small problem I am now unable to load pictures from computer hard drive into painter, but they will load from my external hard drive, so it is solveable, its it to do with the alteration thanking you, Happy New Year Pete

I think what you've done for all the Painter users is great!

I on the other hand have an even older version that gives the same error. I have The older Fractal Painter 3.1 running on Win XP with 1GB RAM. Well... susposed to any ways. Also gives me the Not enough memory error. Used to work fine on another Win XP box (512MB RAM) until I upgraded the mother board CPU and mem. We bought it not too long after Win 95 was released... am I giving away my age by any chance here?!... I now only have a 1GB mem module so I can't break it in half.

If I email you the necessary install files (quite small) is there a possibility that you could make a fix for it?

I did try your very first fix but it gave me an error that says something about not being able to get the handle (incorrect handle) or something like that.

So I figured perhaps if I give you the exe etc. then you could perhaps fix it?

I'm propbably asking a bit much... right?

Regards Phillip

Yep - it work - have to temporarily disable Norton360 while you are naming the new exe and using it - just disconnect your router, disable Norton - Paint away using the fixed Painter4. Thanks - you are a genius. -Dave

YESSSSS!!!!!!!!! WOOHOOO!!!! Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou!!!! It finally worked!!! I really appreciate it.

I have POSER 4. I don\'t have an installation directory for it. I simply used to run the program strait off the disc without installing it, and it used to work pefectly on my old crappy computer. All I used to do was click on the Executable file and it worked because I didn\'t have the option of installing it. Now when I pop the disc in and click on the EXE file this stupid \"Your out of memory...\" thing pops up. Can you please tell me how I can get Poser 4 running again with this \"FIX\" baring in mind that I DONT have an Installation Directory for it?

I have Metacreations Painter 3 and I cannot find the files that need replacing so that I can gain more memory for pictures. I have asiports.DLL and the Painter3 applications file or Painter.set file, but no exe files in the programme.

Please advise

Oh, and if you are using Vista, you need to "Run as administrator" or you'll end up getting a "Painter5 has stopped working" error message. It might be best to just add a shortcut to the desktop.

Cheers, and good luck! (And thanks for the fix!)

I encountered the same problem as mentioned in the quote below ("Error: Couldn't back up painter5.exe to painter5.exe~" etc.) and it seems to centered around the security protocols in Windows Vista.

The solution for me was to reboot in Safe Mode with Command Prompt (reboot and hit the F8 key before Windows starts). Then follow the DOS Box instructions here.

In my case, it was as simple as typing: cd c:\program files\painter 5.0 and then, fixit painter5.exe.

>"From maurice:
I installed the patch for Painter5.5 but got this error message:
Error: Couldn't back up painter5.exe to painter5.exe~: 5
Error: Couldn't install painter5.exe# as painter5.exe: 183

Any suggestions?"

Avast Antivirus also flags this download as a Worm/Trojan...

This patch works great for me. Since I am using Poser 4 I actually had to rename the fix "New_Poser.exe" for it to work. Thanks Alot!!

GREAT! This fix works perfect and also no trojans! You're the best!!! THANX!

I met same problem.please check virus in New_Painter.exe. Maybe it's affected.

Norton\'s blocking your fix, do you have a solution, I know it works from a friend. I don\'t think it is a back-door trojan.

I have used PainterClassicJ, because it is my favorite version.
Today I downloaded GenericFix.zip from this site and put the patch.
Then PainterClassicJ runs on my current PC of dual core2 2.6G, 2G memory.
Thank you for your wonderful program!! I will donate =)

Danja from Nagoya, Japan

Hi, I am an old Painter user, and have gotten the out of memory message. I read there is no fix needed for Painter 2, which I have. In fact I think it's the best version. (also have Painter 3 and the little version that comes with a Wacom tablet) I tried to load ver2 and the Wacom one (the Wacom one loaded but gave me the out of memory message) on my new computer with Vista and got a message it could not read the disk. The same thing happened when I tried to load Photoshop.

The drive does work, I opened a document from the drive. What a royal pain this is. I\'ve got thousands of dollars of programs I can\'t load.

I have a CalComp Drawing Board II (12\'X12\") I\'m going to try to get a driver loaded for, but if Painter can\'t be loaded, there is no point. I really don\'t want to have to pay almost $400 to purchase a new version of a program I love and already have.

Anyone have any idea what the problem is, or how it can be resolved.

I had a cd-rom copy of poser3 that installed fine on windows98.
With your patch , I was able to port Poser3 from windows98 to windowsXP. Otherwise I got the out of memory warning and couldn't even register the copy.
But your .exe is signaled as a trojan by Norton antivirus .
There is something rotten in computers world !

Hi,

the patch works fine on Poser 3 and WinXP SP3, but Avira say that
New_PClassic.exe is a virus (BDS/Agent pap).

corel artdabbler 2.1 would result in "not enough memory" upon opening, and when trying top install the above fix still resulted in not enough memory, that is until uninstalling artdab and re-installing.
now it works, thank you

I installed the patch for Painter5.5 but got this error message:
Error: Couldn\'t back up painter5.exe to painter5.exe~: 5
Error: Couldn\'t install painter5.exe# as painter5.exe: 183

Any suggestions?

Hello,

I tried to open the file to fix my Painter5 program and got this message:
C:\\DOCUME~1\\CRAIGC~1\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\3sJHlYNo.zip.part could not be saved, because the source file could not be read.

What do you suggest I do.

Craig

Today McAfee deleted new_pclassic.exe as a generic backdoor trojan. I figured it was a false positive so I came here to see if others had the same problem, and if so, what was suggested. I applied the newer patch and that seems to be just fine.

Today McAfee flagged new_pclassic.exe as a generic backdoor trojan. I figured it was a false positive and came here to see if others had run into the same problem and what was suggested. I applied the newer fix instead, which seems fine.

Like I\'ve said before, You are a life saver, youy patch help keep Art Dabbler going for the last several years when I upgraded to a computer with more than a Gig of Ram. I did contribute to your PayPal donation account.
Just recently both AVG 8 Free and Corporate Norton was deleting without asking saying the the Art Dabbler fix was a Trojan Horse Backdoor Agent.WRV
I couldn\'t believe it so I disabled anti-virus and reinstalled the fix. Everytime I started AV again it would delete it.
Of course since Corel bought then buried Art Dabbler, there is no support from them.
I finally figured out how to install the latest fix and IT WORKED! No anti-virus kicking out and Art Dabble is working again. Thanks

PS: I\'ve tried other programs, One Note, many art programs, but none I\'ve found will let you create a 100 blank page flip chart to give notes on to students. I can do it with Adobe Acrobat by converting a 100 page blank Word doc to Adobe but it\'s just not the same smoothness in writing. Does anyone else use a program to give notes on in class like I do?

oops...I tried the newest fix, not the one on this page

I have tried this fix on Metacreations Art Dabbler on a Lenovo computer running Windows XP Pro SP3 version 2002. The program runs just fine, but I am having difficulty printing...the dialog box says \'sending art dabbler sketch to print spooler\" and the program freezes. We also are getting messages that there are memory problems and program crashes. Should I use a previous fix version?
I am also running it on an MPC transport, with XP Pro SP 2 Version 2002 with no problems.

Thanks to sites like this really neeed this fix.

i paid $260 for this program and I can't use because it keeps saying that it's out of memory......what's up with that?????????? can I get my money back????????
COMMENT FROM GEERT> If you paid $260, then it was surely not to me. The reason why this fix exists is to help the unfortunate who have the problem you are having. Maybe you could try to complain with Corel who definitely have your money in their bankaccount... all fixes here are free of charge (but donations are appreciated of course).

Does the trojan actually do anything? I'm running Painter6 and I'm not so computer savvy as to understand half of the other fixes. I'd rather just use the generic, like I was before I got AVG, but I don't want to mess up my computer.

It didn't seem to cause any issues before. Will it now?
COMMENT FROM GEERT> There is NO trojan present in any of the fixes provided here. I can only assume AV software triggers the fix as a potential trojan because it does dynamic code injection to remove the problem. I would propose to install the latest fix (see home page and look for 3.0 fix), that fix uses binary modification and injection vs. dynamic code modifications, maybe that will keep AV software happy. By the way, the source code on the website will show you how to fix the problem, if you don't trust it, just download a microsoft compiler (free nowadays) and compile it yourself.

Another (good) way is :

http://dev.depeuter.org/corelpainter_fix.php#Fixing_it_myself

"Want a really cool fix (only for the brave) ?"

It very simple (not only for the brave) with UltraEdit software, you need only to modify one number in this Painter Classic dll :

ASI32_12.dll
... and this works !
... and no Trojan with this way !!

COMMENT FROM GEERT> Should not be necessary. A lot of people will notice that the specific bytesequence doesn't exist in their version of the ASI32_12.dll. Finding the correct bytesequences in every version of that dll will take a lot of reverse engineering, so that's why I coded up a generic fix. Try the 3.0 version of the fix (see home page), this may pass AV checkers

Sorry for this iteration; Kaspersky name it : Trojan Backdoor.Win32.Agent.pap ...

This works ... but why there is a trojan in it ? Unfair, no ?
COMMENT FROM GEERT> Yep, unfair ! ... no virusses here !

This patch works very well ... but why there is a trojan in it ?
This is very unfair, no ?

For your information. Your fix for the memory problem in Painter 5 worked fine from July 2007 till 15/8/08 under Windows versions up to XP. On 15/8/08, AVG antivirus (free version), after an update, suddenly declared it to be a 'Trojan horse BackDoor.Agent.UDQ'. I downloaded a new copy of the fix but as soon as it was unzipped, it got the same treatment.

I don't really want to amend the executable code so haven't decided what to do as yet.

However, our Toshiba laptop running Windows Vista & Norton seems quite happy to run Painter 5.0 without any fix. So that gives us another option.
COMMENT FROM GEERT> Try the 3.0 fix (see homepage). I can only say there are no viruses in the code, probably dynamic code injection techniques that being used trigger a virus signature...

HI~ do you know how to inspire painter6.1 with 2G ram ?

i can use your tool to inspire painter 5.5,7, but 6.1 can't

do you have good idea?

HI~ do you know how to inspire painter6.1 with 2G ram ?

i can use your tool to inspire painter 5.5,7, but 6.1 can\'t

do you have good idea?

Excellent work . painter classic is now running,
THANKS YOU

Geert, I've got Painter 6 and following your guidelines I bump into 'Can't Open the File PAINTER.SET'. Checked it against your guidelines in the command mgr window but can't see anything done wrong. Any idea how I can get around this or what I overlooked perhaps?

Hello friends, I wish I had come here earlier as the forums are well organized and I look forward
to gaining further knowledge and sharing my experiences. Ive been reading the posts and learning
quite a bit from the members.

This got Art Dabbler and Painter Classic running for me. Many thanks.

hi,

i'm a big fan of Painter 5 and tried to install this patch to fix the 'not enough memory' error in XP. I've followed the instructions but New_Painter5 crashes on start-up. This time, the nature of the error is unspecified. When I click on problem details, it says:

Fault Module Name: ASI132_12.dll , Module Version: 12.0.0.0

I cannot do the second, hex fix you mention because the hex string you suggest replacing does not appear in my ASI132_12.dll.

Maybe these fixes require me to have version 12.1 of this file? If so, would somebody please send it to me (onlyforjeena@gmail.com).

Thanks
j

I am having the same problem with Painter 5.0 by Fractal Design when trying to open it says Not enough free Memory. Does this only work with Corel Painter.
COMMENT FROM GEERT> Download the metacreations fix 3.0 (access the website's homepage). This should address the problem

I cannot install my fractal Design Painter 5.0.0 because I do not have the patch to prevent the message that my computer does not have enough memory. My computer has 1 Giga memory.

I found patches for Painter 5.0.1 and Painter 5.0.3 but I cannot find the patch for my Painter 5.0.0?

Could you please indicate where could I find the patch for Painter 5.0.0 because the other mentioned patches do not work with my software Painter 5.0.0?

Peter Feldman

New York, USA

COMMENT FROM GEERT> Download the metacreations fix 3.0 (access the website's homepage). This should address the problem

thanks for this patch its work on Metacreation infini-d 4.5.

Works a treat. Thanks very much indeed.

You are the best. Thanks so much.

Your patch worked beautifully on Painter 6.1.

Users should be aware though that Painter 6.1 does not work on a 1920x1200 resolution display. Painter starts but then displays an "Out of tiles" message and throws an exception.

Awesome fix! Thank you very much! It's great to have PClassic 1.0 up and running again!

Thanks ! Now Corel Painter Classic runs under Vista !

Thank you very much for your patch.
Painter 5 works very well now under Windows XP SP2 with 1go of memory and an Athlon XP Barton 3000+

I tried this a while back with painter 6.1 and xp64 to no avail whatsoever. Is there still some updated xp64 information forthcoming? Or do you have something we can do/try? I'd really, really like to get painter6 running again :-(

<COMMENT FROM GEERT>: I will spend some time on it soon.

thanks,

Greg

my desktop's ram is 2G, and i can't make it, to run pntr6.

first time, it seems to be success, but pntr was shut down and

now when i execute the renamed exe, it shows this message

'can't open the file "PAINTER.SET" '. of course, pntr doesn't run.

what have i done wrong?

i need the simple water of pntr 6!! help me please

<COMMENT FROM GEERT> : Don't know, but you probably did something else than "just" copy the file. This fix really only addresses the memory issue and nothing else.

the fix work in:

metacreations infini-d 4.5

Thanks!!!

Hi. I have Pc With AMD Sempron 3400+, 1gb ram, 160 HDD.
But when i install Poser 5 it doesn't work and system automatically restart. What can i do for that?

BRILIANT!!!! You are a life saver...I got ArtDabbler 2.1.2 to work on my 1 gig memory laptop, where I was getting an 'out of free memory' message. I unzipped the file to a folder on the desktop, and moved both files to the ArtDabbler file folder on my C drive. Renamed the exe file New_ArtDab...didn't need to add the .exe since I don't have Windows explorer set up to view the extensions (could this be a problem with folks who can't make it run?...if you don't normally see the .xxx extensions, and you rename a file with a .xxx extension, you will have a file whose actual name is new_artdab.exe.exe, which will not work). Nicely done...you've saved me...this is my most favorite program to work with my intermediate school students with, and I hated the thought that it wouldn't work anymore, considering that Corel is sitting on it and refuses to release or sell it (grrrr).

Worked like a charm and within 1 second I was launching and working again. Many thanks.

I've tried your fix for my Painter Classic 1 and followed your instructions and although the out of memory error appears to be fixed the program will not run because it cannot find or open the file.PClassic.rsr even though the file exists and resides in the same folder as the New_PClassic.exe. Any suggestions on how to overcome this issue. Note I tried having New_PClassic.exe assigned as the opening executable for PClassic.rsr but this did not work. I am running Windows XP Home SP2. Thanks.

Thank you a lot! Painter 6 is working again even with 2.0. Gb RAM. Well done!

The startup patch works great. Hopeing you have one for the saving files issue. I'm getting the message "Insufficent Space on disk for file" whenever I try to save. I have 30+ GB of disc space so I know it has to be something else. Hope you can help.

Hi,

I testet your fix for Painter 4(my favorit software) and it worked,
Just say~~~3Q

Thanks for the patch buddy. Now my Painter5 is working just fine. God bless ya. Keep it up.
Cheers!

Hi,

I testet your fix for Painter 5 (my favorit software) and it worked,
i was not able to run painter5 due to this memory error, thank you for this wonderful fix :D

/gorg

Thank you for resurrecting my copy of Painter 5! Excellent work. Thanks for sharing, and making a bunch of random people around the world happy. :)

Thought I had to kiss Painter5 goodbye (after many years) when I got a new computer with oodles of memory and found to my horror that Painter wouldn't start but your patch has resurrected it. You are a star among men!

Tony

Patch also works with German version of Painter Classic 1.0. Thanks again. :)

Frank

Thank you so much for providing this patch. It works with Painter 3D 1.0.1 on Windows XP. You have to rename New_PClassic.exe into New_Painter3D.exe.

Frank

Beeyootiful!! Thanks for keeping Painter 5 and Painter Classic alive! These are some of my favorite art creation progs. My little girl has taken to them soooo easily since she was 8 and they have given her a strong interest in digital art and computers. She was the one who discovered that it stopped working after I upgraded memory.

Our thanks to you.
Eric & Alexandra

IT'S ALIVE!!!

I've been using Painter5 for a decade. I purchased PIX to run on a new computer, but it's just not the same. THANK YOU for keeping Painter5 alive!

First unsuccessfully tried the PClassic fix before noticing the generic fix. Initially I couldn't get that to work either due to a Painter5.RSR error. Then I noticed a user comment about not including .exe in the file name, and it worked. IT'S ALIVE!!!

I thank you from the bottom of my Paypal account...

I received MetaCreations Art Dabbler 2.1 CD from a good friend of mine.
It also have the same problem when i tried to run it after installation. I just downloaded this file and is going to see if it workd at home. (waiting for the idiots to install wireless at home) If it works I will tell you.

System: AMD Athlon 64bit 3000+, 1GB DDR RAM, 3 x 80GB SATA HDD, WinXP Pro, nVidia NForce 3 Motherboard, nVidia GeForce 5700LE 128MB.

Fixed my Poser4 issue with NO problems. Took less than 3 minutes including the download. THANK You!

Works great with Painter Classic v1 with xphome sp2

Art Dabbler 2.1 with Win XP works. Great!!! Thank you!!!

Thank you ever so much, was sooo sad my old Painter Classic didn't work anymore ... !!!!!!!

Works like a charm. I can't thank you enough!!

This Fix Works on Metacreations Painter 3D version 1.0 on Windows XP, (New_Painter3D.exe)

Thanks you for the Fix

The executable name for my painter program was simply: Painter5. So I just entered New_Painter5, and it worked like a breeze. At first I tried New_Painter5.exe with no luck. Thank you.

I did like the following.

Painter 6.1 --> New_Painter61.exe

I can see loading painter title but soon
popped up error window saying.

"Tiles: Out of Tiles"

help me TT

This works with Metacreations Painter3d as well.

Soo cool thanks for the fix!!!!!! Much appretiated!!!

It is a relief to think, that there still are some humans who are not thinking only ab00t money :) and helps just the same.

I`m 18 , and studying drawing on my own (like a hobby) already for two years. Finally upgraded my System and realized that something is not good :)
I dabble a bit with programs, (only script actually >_>, but someday...) , so I knew that there is some compatability issues with memory range. Tryed to search for some .ini files, even tryed some debuggers (after 10min realized - what the heck, I need help).

...ok, went on frenzy with text...BTW Thank you.

Sys Info:
OS - WinXP Home
RAM - (the upgraded part)...now is 1,5 GB RAM ^^

Program - Art Dabbler 2.1 ___I can add some feedback - When renaming that "New_<ProgramName>.exe" , i didn`t use ".exe" . So it works for me if I leave "New_<ProgramName>" ...and that`s it.

I'm using Painter 5.5,on win XP.once this patch really worked,but suddenry ,went no work,and,I tryed and tryed many things,but
Painter 5.5 dosen't work,,

what should I do? I'd better try"only for the brave"?
Is it work for Painter 5.5J?

Thank you so much! It worked wonders on my Painter 6.1. Keep up the good work, Geert.

Works w/ ArtDabbler 2.1
Windows XP SP2
1.5 Gh Processor
1GB RAM

Renamed file to XP_ARTDAB.EXE (case sensitive).

Thanks!

Works with Painter 6.0.0
Windows XP SP2 + all updates
E6400 with 2GB RAM
Gigabyte X1650Pro

(nice setup - I can create 900 blobs on a 4096x4096 image in about 35 seconds)

Would like to donate but paypal link doesn't work for me. Send payment info to the e-mail address I provided and I'll pop a check in the mail.

Thanks - your fixed saved me from a $250 upgrade that I didn't want or need.

This does neither work for "Art Dabbler" nor with "Poser 3". I get the same DOS screen like Andrew and Hermann.
I tried it on different Systems:

Athlon XP 2800+
2GB Corsair DDR RAM
512 MB Nvidia Geforce 6 (cant remember i guess 9600 os sthg)

second System:

Pentium Core2 Duo 6300
2GB Infineon DDR2 RAM
256 MB Nvidia 7600 GS (PCIe)

Got myself a Pentium 3 with 256 MB SDRAM to get rid of it.

Hallo, I try to install ArtDabbler, but it does't work. I have the same comment as Andrew Denham.

Thanks for help.

Tried this with ArtDabdler; renamed fix to "New_Artdab" tried with and without ".exe" suffix. Just comes up with a DOS screen asking if I put the files in installation directory.
They are in the C:\Programfiles\Corel\Artdabbler folder along with Artdab.exe etc, but no joy. DLL is in same folder.
PC is AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 1GB memory, 160GB HDD.

Any ideas?

Hi, I have Painter 6, well, I guess it's Painter 6.1 now, but it seems to crash after about half an hour of using it. The "illegal action" message comes up and it closes. I am an idiot with computers, so I don't know where to begin to fix this. Do I uninstall and re-install? It took me forever to find my serial number, so I'm ready to try this! Is there anything I can do that won't drive me insane?
Thanks for your time,
Kindest Regards,
Maureen

Thanks for the patch. I used it to solve the problem with Painter 6.0.0. It worked well on one PC, but not the other where there is a problem. The program loads, but forces the colour quality back to low 8 bit. Do you have any idea why this happens? Both PCs are running XP Pro and have 1gb memory.

Great program, worked perfectly for me on poser3. I didn't want to have to manually change my pagefile and nerf the rest of my applications to use one old art program. Geert you're the man!

Thank You! I very happy! It's work again! Bless You!

I was able to get Painter Classic to work but not my Painter 6 . any recent developments on this file?
Conrad

Bless you. Your patch worked like a charm. I now have a functioning Painter5 again.

Thank you, thank you! :)

works like a charm..thanks!

(painter5.5)

Works perfectly with Painter 3D too! Thanks for creating this!!!

Fantastic it works and i m very bad with computers
Thanks a lot from Paris

Works with "Artdabbler" a ancient Corel bundled software that came with a Graphics Tablet

XP sp2

Thanks for your time and effort on this... sorry i cant give money... I'll give you positive energy......

Hi man.
Downloaded your fix, change the EXE name to PClassic or whatever.
As soon as I run your patch it finds the EXE file then says
"Could not find or open Painter5.rsr"
Same shit happens with Painter 6.
Any ideas?

Brilliant! Works fine on my copy of painter 5. Life saver. Just updraded system (for heavy 3D) and needed painter 5. 1 Gig of RAm. No Painter. :(

This program worked great!

Thanks!

Thank you for your fix. When I installed Painter Classic three or four years ago, it executed properly. When I re-installed it on a computer with 1 GIG RAM, it failed. I set the paging file size < 1 GIG to fix the problem. Recently, I had to increase the paging file size and, of course, Painter Classic issued an error message. I searched for alternatives and found your fix. Presto. It works great!

Your zip patch worked like a charm. I will be sending a donation through PayPal.
Beginner tips: 1. I had to turn off pagefile to get Art Dabbler 2.13 to work, then I right clicked on the icon to find the installation directory.
2. When I unzipped into that folder, it buried the two files within folders, so I had to copy and paste them back to the original directory.
3. When re-naming, I had to leave the .exe off, just used Artdab NOT Artdab.exe. Now I'm happily running Art Dabbler on my new Dual Core XP Pro with 2 GIGS of Ram. YeeHaa! Thanks
I teach math and use this program all day every day. The sketchpad that provides multiple pages without opening a new file works great. I create a pad of 90 pages and use it until it's full. ArtRage didn't have this feature or any other program I can find. The pen is smooth and not pixelly. Too bad Corel bought it and buried it. That's one way to get rid of a superior product. ;-(

Dear Geert,

Thanx for doing such a great job and helping my kids. You are a real Wizzz.
thx
John E.

What about Mac?I painter 5 and I get an out of script 10 and don't know how fix it. Can you help me.please

COMMENT FROM GEERT> I was not aware of the out of memory problem existing on Mac. If it does, you should be able to use easy unix tricks to override the problem function. Just use truss/ktrace/... to find the offending call and then override it using LD_LIBRARY_PATH manipulations.

Thanks, this enabled me to use old 5.5 Painter again after upgrading my box.to 1g of memory. My question is, if it's fooled into thinkin there's only 512 M of memory, then can it use a full gig of memory on your machine?
Thanks,
Richard

COMMENT FROM GEERT> Yes, it won't be a problem to use all available memory. The call to retrieve the amount of installed memory is only executed once and the results aren't kept within Painter. So in case Painter will run out of memory, it will be because the OS doesn't have any more memory left to give ... which will make you go a long way on recent systems.

Hello, using favorite painter5.5 by 2GB machine by your favor was completed.
Thank you

Dear Geert,

I haven't been able to make it work in Art Dabbler 2.1. I have XP Home with 1GB RAM. I downloaded the file into the Corel Folder, unzipped the "generic_fix" folder, this became another folder titled "generic_fix" the 2 files inside were "intercept.dll & New_PClassic.exe" I renamed the New_PClassic.exe to new_artdab.exe - I then clicked on this file which then took me to the DOS secreen asking if I put the files in the directory.

I have tried several times, uninstalling & starting from scratch. I realise I am missing the point & would be grateful if you could point me in the right direction.

Kind regards Esther

(GROAN) Didn't work on my Poser4. Don't have a clue why. It tried to start, I got the Splash screen loaded but then I got "fatal error" message. Maybe this is something different to what others are experiencing. I have XP on an X64 box. Any suggestions?
COMMENT FROM GEERT> Indeed X64 is not supported yet... hang around, I will do my best to update that later this year.

This fixed the problem for me [I use Painter6]! Thanks so much! <3

I'm lost. How do I find the installation directory? I have Dabbler 2. Any help would be appreciated.
COMMENT FROM GEERT> The installation directory is where the application is installed. The easiest way to find this is by going to the start menu, go to the Dabbler launch button, and then press the right mouse and select properties. In "Target" you will see the installation directory.

Hi, I was going through the information that you have presented in the fix for "not enough Memory" for corel Art Dabbler. As I am not familiar with computer programing or binery language. Do you have step by step insolutions explaining where the program files are what to do to open them and how to copy the patch into them. Is there a self installing patch that takes out the programming skills required approach?

Thanking you Kindly for your time and assistance

Val Young
COMMENT FROM GEERT> Sorry the explanation isn't very useful for you. I hope I will be able to make it easier when I find the time.

Worked for ArtDabbler too, which was Painter Classic before Corel bought it. I renamed the file to new_artdab.exe.

Thank you for the fix!

Excellent! I use Painter version 6.0, and your patch works just fine. This is one of my favorite graphics programs, and I hated to lose it!

Good job!

I'm very happy 'cause my Painter3D 1.0J on WinXP pro with 1G RAM recovered from "Memory GA TARIMASEN"(Japanese. ="not enough memory") problem. Thanks to the fix!

The generic fix works fine with Artdabbler 2.1.3 (currently being supplied packaged with some Trust tablets in UK). I have found the tablet software is rubbish- keeps causing my PC to hang - but the Artdabbler program is quite useful and works well with my Wacom and mouse.

However when I upgraded my RAM to 1.5G to my surprise I got the message "Not Enough Free Memory" when I tried to open Artdabbler.

Fixed by your patches - seems fine. I used New_Artdab as the exe name (deduced from establishing the shortcut target) and set up a new shortcut to open the prog.

Peter Hilton

Hi I have the same problem as Sean,
I run my systems on Windows XP Tablet Edition and Windows X64. With x64 I just installed another gig of ram (upping from 1 gig to 2 gigs). Before It ran just fine even without a patch on the x64 system, now it has the out of tiles problem. Got a Painter on version 6.1.

GREAT job! You're a genius! I got my ArtDabbler 2.1.2 to work on XP with 1 gig RAM. At first I didn't understand the instructions, but when I found the generic fix, it was all clear. Thanks again!

Thanks, solution worked just great and Painter is working again despite the upgraded memory and increased page file :)

Thanks for the patches which worked great for both my Painter classic and Corel Art Dabbler for my kids PC! I'm really surprised at the Corel software not working as we only bought it last year (and you don't expect upgrading your PC's memory to cause problems like that!) Very grateful for the fix! Will definitely recommend to others

Hi! I used your patch to run my copy of Painter 6.1. It opens fine but as it is starting a window pops up that says "Tiles: Out of Tiles" and then the program shuts down. Is there something I have done wrong?
This is an awesome patch and some remarkable work you've done. I can almost use Painter now if I can get past this set back. Thanks again!-Sean

Thank you for this awesome patch!

I had the same problem with Painter 5 and Painter 3D, so I tried the "generic" fix and it works for both programs. I was not satisfied to settle for a patch however, because I wanted to know the cause of the problem!!! This is a "memory size problem" so I started reducing the size of my page file to see what would happen. With 1 gig of RAM installed the maximum useable page file size ended up at 768 meg. Above that Painter does not work. I don't have 2 gig of RAM to test this, but it would follow that a 1500 meg page file should work if you have that much RAM. It would appear to be a matter of keeping a ratio below 1.5 to 1 for the programs to function. (For those that do not know -- a page file is hard drive space used by the OS as though it were RAM. You can find it under: system properties/advanced/performance settings/advanced/virtual memory.)

If for some reason you need a large page file, then the best solution I have seen is the "generic" work-around. Very nice solution Geert!!

Hi, I haven't been able to make it work in painter 6. I have xp professional with 1gig ram. I renamed new_painter6.exe and nothing happened. I keep getting a DOS secreen asking if I put the files in the directory and I did. Any ideas? Thank you, Ana
<COMMENT FROM GEERT>Contacted Ana, but still no response... hopefully she got it to work, or she will respond to my email...

I can't thank you enough for this fix. This worked just fine for Painter 5.5.

I couldn't believe it I have been trying to get Art Dabbler to work for months on my compaq pressario running xp with 2gb of ram and it kept telling me that there was insufficient memory. Your little zip did the trick in seconds and now I can enjoy the benefits of Art Dabblers flip book animations.....Thank you so much. Only wish I was able to pay you something but currently broke so maybe later thanks again for a great workaround!

Your generic fix (installed as instructed) works with MetaCreations Painter3D v. 1.0.0.27 I renamed the executable to XP_Painter3d.exe

Wilson

The first time I tried the patch I was a little impatient and I closed the program before it started up completely. After that I was unable to start the program until I uninstalled the program and then reinstalled it. There may have been other issues involed including my attempts to try and run it in compatibility modes and what not... Anyways. I recommend that this patch be installed on a fresh install of Painter Classic and if it takes a while to start up the first time... WAIT! It took my laptop (1.2 GHz) 2 minutes to start the program but now that it is up I can save and load just fine! I even am able to open files that are saved in Corel Painter IX! I am so happy! I bought this program at a thrift store for $2 and I am thinking I will replace Painter IX because I do not use it so much. I will likely eBay my Painter IX. GEERT You are a hero!

Hello. This fix has made me very happy since I like doing "watercolors" with Painter Classic and I was sad when I found my Painter would not work on my new computer. Your fix worked perfectly. Thank you :)

worked like a dream for poser4 on an xp pro w/ 2gb ram - thanks!

Fixed my "not enough memory problem" with Painter 6.0.0. Geweldig!
Bedankt (Thanks, Great!).

Igor

Fixed my "not enough memory problem" with Art Dabbler 2.1.

Art Dabbler now works again ( strangely it didn't mind 1 gig ram but got upset with my new 200 gb hard drive ).

Excellent. You fixed my wife's favorite childhood program, ArtDabbler.
Thanks so much!

ArtDabbler 2.1 System Requirements: 66mhz CPU and 16MB RAM
Delightful! It now runs on her new PC: 3GHZ CPU and 1024 RAM.

Thanks again!

You are the man dude! Shot a lot!

I have no trouble opening Painter5 on my PIV 1 gig RAM Dell PC, but I have a problem when saving a file: I get a message the says "Insufficient Space on Disk for File". Is this the same problem that others are having, and can this patch fix it?
I downloaded the files and installed them but I'm not sure I did it correctly. My problem hasn't been fixed. I have SIX 24-page children's books to paint by March!!
COMMENT FROM GEERT> I contacted Steve, but got no reply ... I hope he's too busy painting and it all works...

Thanks worked like a charm on painter 6

unfortunately not working with my painter6 install. but the strange thing is, it worked before i formatted so i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong now?
COMMENT FROM GEERT> It seemed Anna accidently deleted Painter6.exe, so reinstalling Painter solved this problem

It fixed my problem with Art Dabbler. Thank you so very much!

Thanks for the fix Geert. It works really well as the others have said. I was seriously thinking of buying the latest version so now I don't have to.

Best wishes

John

Thank you very much.

The patch also works for Painter5J.exe

Fontographer working again; nice kludge!

hi, I tried the patch and it didin't work... :(
I have XP/1.5G RAM / Painter 6.1
I also attempted the binary patch, but painter 6.1 has asi32_13.dll instead of asi32_12.dll.
If anyone has info, please post... Thanks!!
<COMMENT FROM GEERT> Jaki is not having a problem with this patch, but with an "out of tiles" error. This means the patch works, but there is something else that is going wrong. If anyone can tell me how to reproduce the 'out of tiles' error, then I could try to see if that problem can be fixed too...

Thanks!
It was easy and it works!

I have used it to fix Painter 5 and ArtDabbler 2.1

I would love to say this worked for me and enabled me to use Poser 3/4 but it didn't. Followed all the instructions. Any suggestions? I'm workng on Windows XP and have 1Gig RAM.
<COMMENT FROM GEERT> We solved the issue by providing a different binary patch (v12.2 of asi32_12.dll). The patch can be found on the painter classic page. The reason why the computer refused to inject the dll in Poser remains unknown.

thanks so much!
2files copy to Painter folder, check exist a New_xxxxx.exe(xxxxx=your painter.ver.)file,intercept.dll.and Double click 'New_xxxxx.exe'.
painter5J & XPsp2

I changed from Macintosh to Windows. My big old serial Wacom tablet worked under XP, too (with an error when shutting down the system) and on the Painter 5 CD is a windows version as well. To my disappointment it would not work, until I found your great patch. Thank you!

Thanks a lot!!! This web tweaked both the memory and the tiles error!!!

Thank you so much!!!
Patch worked on Painter 5.5 and I can now use it again.
Thank you thank you thank you!

It is awesome! I used to install poser4 on my shabby laptop and it works fine. Now I have a powerful desktop with 1G memory and it says I don't have enough memory! Your patch just saved my ass! Thanks!

Solved! I'm very very glad. Thank you.
#Painter 5.5J & Windows XP

Excellent workaround -- it works like a charm for Poser 3.

I used this on Painter 3D 1.0, which always worked fine until I upgraded to a gig of ram. Works like a charm! Thanks for saving a useful little app!

-Colin

Painter 6.1, just added another gig of RAM to my computer (now 2gigs) now Painter is giving the error Tiles: Out of Tiles. Oh, what I wouldn't do to get the Out of Memory error. If anyone has gotten past this please send an email to rogfaNOSPAM@yahoo.com (remove NOSPAM). Thanks!

1. 'boot.ini' open
2. '/fastdetect' => '/fastdetect /maxmem:1022' modify
3. New_Painter61.exe
4. paint 6.1 Run!

Thank you very much!

I'm failed.
win XP, 2G RAM, painter 6.1 and it works

errer messege "Tiles: Out of Tiles"

ps. Thank you for your effort.^^

Comment from Geert: This "Out of Tiles" error is not related to the memory fix, but is most likely related to another conflicting program. Using Google on that specific error message will probably help.

awesome. works on poser4 authorware5 and fontographer4.1
all running perfect now on winxp sp2 and dude you are a god. thank you so much. i cant thank you enough

Hi,

I have Painter Classic and the fix did not work for me. I also tried the patch but could not locate the byte line (c7 45 etc) to make the change to. I have both files in the install directory titled "Painter". Any suggestions? I am running XP Home w/1G RAM. I don't get the error message anymore and the program attempts to open but freezes before it completly loads.

Thanks,
Dick

Comment from Geert : You are the first who has mentioned this problem. I can only assume there is something else that is causing this problem. If you have some experience in program tracing or debugging you can try to find out on which call the program is hanging ... sorry the fix didn't help

Thank You so much for this fix......I was forced into upgrading to windows xp and my beloved Painter Classic would not work for me on it. I use it for all my digital 'fine' art, so I was quite devastated!. I was angry and frustrated about it until I stumbled upon your site through Yahoo search. I followed your instructions and the program is working fine.

Again thank you so very very much, I can now continue 'creating and painting' using Painter Classic!

Penny

worked great..thanks so much, 5 has worked well for me for years i just hated the thought of having to upgrade just cause i upgraded to xp

Thanks for great utility.
I did like the following.

Painter 6.1 --> New_Painter61.exe

I can see loading painter title but soon
popped up error window saying.

"Tiles: Out of Tiles"

Please, Let me know, Mr. genius!!!!
Thanks in advance!

Regards

Sungho Lee

omg thank you!
ive got fontographer working again! brilliant

Too cool! So I am not the only one still using the old versions of Painter. I'm using 4.x :-)

I appreciate your work.
But it does not work in xp 64 bit edition
T.T
Thanks.

<COMMENT FROM GEERT> The binary patch should work on xp 64 bit edition too -- hope that helps !

Brilliant!!!!!!
Thank you so much.
At last I can be creative again in XP
You are a star.
xxx

Thank you very very very much for the P.Classic patch !!!
Marc

... ok i stole that painter5 somewhere like 2 yrs ago... I had it working in a pIII system with 256mb ram. so worked nice.. was one of my favs.. but then i built my computer with 2gb of ram.. then there was the problem you know... i was like ?wtf... then started running some wheels about the problem.. yeah was about the memory, but im a lazy ass to decompile or to work into the problem... i tried metacreations website but found that those guys went out of business because i stole the program; but come on.. they should had at least told customers that the (#*@$*# program wasnt going to work if we add more memory... so i left that thing apart and looked for options.. i found some good tools, but i wanted painter5, why? because im an idiot and i just wanted painter5, i started the search about it hopefully some hardworking guy had found out what the problem was and made a fix... and voila!!!! there you go i found you at a forum :).. i dont remember where was it but it doesnt ($*#@&^ matter which one was it the thing is that i finally found a fix :D... i downloaded the files... was painter classic not painter5... shit!.. I thought..well maybe this guy could share painter five.. but still it was going to take too long to download but i kept reading and i had just to rename the exe file, i did.. but... but... yeah didnt' work... still i was ?wtf... i was about to curse you.. yeah thing that i dont usually do, just when i get mad.. then i went one more time downloaded the file again renamed the file just copy and paste.. and voila!!!!! yeeah baby :D.. it worked... mm just a little dll error about a SPROF32.DLL file not found.... anyway just clicked ok and worked :P.... thanks man... :D.. PD. remember next time a dog bites you keep in mind i wished for that :D hehehe. You're the man!!!

WOW, what can I say? You're a legend! Thank you so much.

A wonderful testimony to the power of individual initiative and the ubiquity of the NET! I fixed Painter Classic and ArtDabbler

Dude!
This is so awesome, I was looking for this for so long, but couldn't find it.Until here!
( Corel should give you money for this-they should have solve this problem!)
Thanks!
I got 1 GB ram/ WIndows XP and Painter 6.1 and it works^^

Hi,

I was trying unsuccessfully to get Painter 4.0.3 to run (Win XP) until I came across your very useful site. It opens fine now. Thanks much.

Frank

wow! two seconds, first time, worked like a charm! Very impressive!!!

works fine (poser 4) thxx!!

Nice work on this. Very impressive!

Thanks a lot.

- Jeremy

I want to thank you for this little great utility. I tested it with Painter 6 and Fontographer 4.1 (both have the >1GB problem) and it worked fine.

Thank you again.
Gian Piero

Thank you very much. The patch also works for ArtDabbler (Metacreations, later Corel).

I just wanted to drop you a line and say thank you for posting this fix to the painter program. Ive been dealing with this problem for a long time by just leaving out my extra stick of RAM : / but i downloaded your fix and it works, so thank you!

p.s. I'd like to note for you that I'm running Painter 6.1, so your general patch does work with 6.1; I just chanced the .exe file to New_Painter61.exe

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