Found 1 record for the .$VM file extension name
.tmp - Temporary file
.w02 - Temp file
.dtapart - Mozilla Firefox DownThemAll download part
.rra - Windows Installer temp file
.asd - Microsoft Word auto-save temporary document
.temp - Temporary file
.dap - Download Accelerator temporary file During Download
.chk - WordPerfect for Windows temporary file
file extension $VM - Windows 3.x Virtual Manager temporary file
.$VMFile extension $VM description:
Old file extension. Used by old version of Microsoft Windows. Temporary file. Temporary files may be created by computer programs for a variety of purposes; principally when a program cannot allocate enough memory for its tasks, when the program is working on data bigger than architecture's address space, or as a primitive form of inter-process communication.
Associated applications to file extension $VM:
Company / developer:
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Windows 3.x
Windows 3.0 (1990) and Windows 3.1 (1992) improved the design, mostly because of virtual memory and loadable virtual device drivers (VxDs), which allowed them to share arbitrary devices between multitasked DOS Windows. Also, Windows applications could now run in protected mode (when Windows was running in Standard or 386 Enhanced Mode), which gave them access to several megabytes of memory and removed the obligation to participate in the software virtual memory scheme. They still ran inside the same address space, where the segmented memory provided a degree of protection, and multi-tasked cooperatively. For Windows 3.0, Microsoft also rewrote critical operations from C into assembly, making this release faster and less memory-hungry than its predecessors.
Microsoft also released an update for Windows 3.1 which (aside from installing new files) changes the Windows version displayed in "About" dialog boxes to 3.11. Thus, Windows 3.11 isn't a standalone version of Windows, but rather a software update from Windows 3.1, much like modern Windows service packs. For those who did not own Windows 3.1, full disk sets of Windows 3.11 were available at the time.
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