diff --git a/src/libCom/osi/os/WIN32/forceBadAllocException.cpp b/src/libCom/osi/os/WIN32/forceBadAllocException.cpp
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+//
+// Operator new does not throw a bad_alloc exception
+// when it fails. It simply returns a null pointer.
+// This behavior is not in conformance with the 
+// ANSI / ISO C++.
+// 
+#if _MSC_VER > 1000
+
+#include <new>
+#include <new.h>
+
+// instruct loader to call this gllobal object 
+// constructor before user global object constructors
+#pragma warning (disable: 4073)
+#pragma init_seg(lib)
+#pragma warning (default: 4073)
+
+static int my_new_handler (size_t size)
+{
+    throw std::bad_alloc();
+        return 0;
+}
+
+class my_new_handler_obj
+{
+public:
+        my_new_handler_obj()
+        {
+                //_old_new_mode = _set_new_mode(1); // cause malloc to throw like new
+                _old_new_handler = _set_new_handler(my_new_handler);
+        }
+
+        ~my_new_handler_obj()
+        {
+                _set_new_handler(_old_new_handler);
+                //_set_new_mode(_old_new_mode);
+        }
+
+private:
+        _PNH _old_new_handler;
+        //int _old_new_mode;
+};
+
+static my_new_handler_obj _g_new_handler_obj;
+
+#endif