Himem.sys
The himem.sys is a driver file first included with MS-DOS 5.0 and included with Windows up to Windows 98 that manages extended memory. Versions of Microsoft Windows after Windows 98 only utilized the memory manager included with Windows. To load the himem.sys, add the below lines into your config.sys.
DEVICE=C:\Windows\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\Windows\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
- Himem.sys missing or corrupt.
- Getting old MS-DOS games to run in Windows.
- Information on the autoexec.bat and config.sys, including how to load the himem.sys.
Also see: EMM386.EXE, Extended memory, Memory definitions