http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Out-of-available-memory-Help-tp3701098p3701103.html
> Hi,
>
> we have encountered this issue too and found an solution, but only for some of our machines...
>
> We had an early version (1.31) on hte machines and I set up an script for just overwriting hte old version with a new one, which results in the same error message you get.
> Solution: Delete the ImagJ Folder completly and install/copy the current version again.
> However, if your account (on a PC) is just associated with the user group (minimum rights), this message can still be there. We never encountered the message if the user is in the main user or admin group.
>
> Falk
>
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> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 1. November 2006 23:23
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> Betreff: Out of available memory? Help!
>
> (cliffs at bottom)
>
> I am currently trying to use ImageJ to do image segmentation on some ~11MB RGB images. The images load fine into ImageJ, but if I attempt to do any filtering on them ImageJ throws this error:
>
> <Out of memory>
> <All available memory (63MB) has been>
> <used. Instructions for making more>
> <available can be found in the "Memory" > <sections of the installation notes at> <
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/docs/install/>
>
> I then poked through the options and raised the memory alotted to 500MB, closed ImageJ and reopened it attempted the same operation and got an identical error. Even mentioning 63MB. Note that the default was not 63 MB nor was the max memory set anywhere near 63MB after I changed it.
>
>
> So I came here, and I see people recommending changing the command given to the executable, so I checked my ImageJ.cfg and it reads:
>
> .
> C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_03\bin\javaw.exe
> -Xmx500m -cp ij.jar ij.ImageJ
>
> In a previous thread someone mentioned a similar problem and modifying this line fixed the problem but I believe that java should have plenty of memory the way I have it configured.
>
> So that's my problem, I'd appreciate any help you guys can give me.
>
> If you have read this far here is some more information that may be
> helpful:
>
> 2.99Ghz Pentium D
> 2GB Ram
>
> ImageJ 1.36b
> Java 1.5.0_06
> About ImageJ displays 55MB of 500MB (11%) while the error message is still in the log.
>
> The java is on this machine, while the ImageJ is being run from a network drive. The same error arrizes when I run ImageJ as an applet from the NIH page.
>
> I have contacted the sys admin and he assures me that there is no constraint put on memory used by a user, with the exception of the physical memory on the machine and what is being used by other software.
>
> Software running in the background or not has no effect on the error message.
>
> I have replicated this error on 2 machines, each using their own local java but the same ImageJ off the same network drive. I have also replicated it running ImageJ as an applet on both machines.
>
> Curiously when I look at the size of the image in windows it is listed as 11MB, but ImageJ claims it's 27MB. (perhaps this is extra space for a
> buffer?) One image is 2915x2456 pixel tiff. The others are similar. All tiffs, all RGB, all produce the same error.
>
> If you have made it this far I truly commend you. Thank you for the attention and here's a quote for your efforts.
>
> "'That is indisputable,' was the answer, 'but in this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.'"
> -Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), Candide
>
> Thank you for any help you can give me.
> -Stumped in StonyBrook
>
>
>
>
>
> finally cliffnotes:
> 1. ImageJ throws an out of memory error when I try to analyze some large tiff images 2. The machine has plenty of memory and so does java.
> 3. Solutions to similar problems from this listserv do not help.
> 4. Recent software, reproducible.
> 5. HELP!
> 6. quote for your efforts, thanks!
>
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