Error: "There is not enough free memory to run this program"

Hey there...
it all started out when i was trying to install VisualStudio 2008 C# Express Edition...
the first time i tried that it told me it couldn't access the specified registry key, so i used subinacl to gain ownership and access on keys under CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio*
...only the wildcard function didn't work, so it tried to modify the whole hive - and of course it failed...
when i rebooted, not only did VisualStudio still not work, but i had no sound (device not recognized or something, i couldn't have a look) and Windows Explorer basically didn't work... the whole appereance and desktop worked, but i couldn't open anything with it, it stated "There is not enough free memory to run this program", which is complete bullcrap, i had over 1.2 GB free and available...
so i couldn't even open Control Panel or anything...
luckily i was able to use system restore in the pre-boot repair options of Win 7 then - and that set everything back to normal (kudos, that went as it was supposed to be for once)
...and never touched VisualStudio again - till lately

i tried the exact same thing again
i thought maybe all the updates i downloaded could have helped... yeah fat chance -.- or maybe NOW there was a simple solution out there...
and i thought i could always use system restore if it went wrong - naive me relying on windows -.-
this time it did NOT work, it stated it couldn't unpack all of the restore point due to too little free disk space - so it ended up doing nothing at all

i used the way better SetACL to gain access to pretty much all of my registry, to maybe solve some accessing-errors, but... nah... that didn't solve anything
(it DID work though, VisualStudio can now access the registry apparently, now i get another message saying "object reference not set to an instance" when i try to open a new project of any kind - but that's a differend story... -.-)

and now i'm sat here, with some kind of paging or memory management error, with no sound, no Windows Explorer (i'm using Directory Opus for browsing anyway), and i can't log on to MSN, and some applications won't run at all either, due to supposedly not enough free memory...

i have to say, it's NOT just me, hundreds of people have experienced the same problem in the first place trying to install VisualStudio

who can tell me what to do that does NOT involve a clean reinstall?

Do you have the win 7 dvd to do a repair install?

zigzag3143 said:

Do you have the win 7 dvd to do a repair install?

oh hey there, thank you for your quick reply : )

the problem is SOLVED and i feel silly^^

see my newest reply - thanks again for caring : )

metallicart,
Welcome to SF.
Your writing skills have been appreciated. Nice sense of humour too.
Even better is the fact that you have solved your own problem AND let others know.
Well done.

JMH said:

metallicart,
Welcome to SF.
Your writing skills have been appreciated. Nice sense of humour too.
Even better is the fact that you have solved your own problem AND let others know.
Well done.

oh my, THAT's not something you hear every day : )
Yes, i try my best to do what i would wish from others, like to keep people updated... it is so often that you read things like "i'll ask somebody else or support center" and then that was it, people so often just abandon their posts and leave a huge questionmark standing there in the forumscape -.-
: ) as for the writing skills, i'm bound to do my best as a german, of course i want to maximize readability and logic as i'm speaking a foreign language - and i guess that pays off : ) - sorry though for not using caps... it's just something that somehow developed into a bad habit when writing more or less informal things on a computer

i hope my solution finally helps others : )

...i'm still having problems with installing VisualStudio... if i don't succeed till tonight, i think i'm gonna open another thread for that one - it wouldn't belong in here, would it? : )

so thank you again for the nice words : )