re: Available file handles - PLEASE HELP ME... SOMEONE... ANYONE!!!
Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 6:49 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Arnie Bergen
(2 messages posted)
Windows NT, Windows 2000 Pro, and Windows XP Pro do not use
the system files CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT, they uses CONFIG.NT
and AUTOEXEC.NT, which are in the C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 directory.
This means that DOS users of NT (2000) will need to add a couple of lines
to these files.
Method I
Left click Start, then Programs, then MS-DOS Prompt. At the prompt
type:
CD\WINNT\SYSTEM32 and press enter
EDIT CONFIG.NT and press enter
To CONFIG.NT you will need to add and/or edit two statements if the
words FILES= and BUFFERS= do not appear. If they do just raise the
number, don't add another line with the same word
FILES=fff
BUFFERS=bb
Where fff is some number under 250 and bb probably under 80.
Save and exit, then reboot to utilize the changes
Method II
Left click Start, then Programs, then Accessories, then Notepad
In Notepad left click File, then Open from the drop down menu
On the Open Screen use the Lookin area to select the
C:\WinNt\System32 folder.
On the lower window box for file type file type select all files.
Locate the Config.nt and double click it to open it.
Change the files= line and the buffers= line as indicated above.
On the File menu select save. Close Notepad.
Reboot the computer. With some computers shutting it off might be
required. In either case you might have to experiment with higher or
perhaps lower numbers.
On Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 5:05 am, Carlos wrote:
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>On Friday, February 15, 2002 at 7:18 pm, Jeff wrote:
>Here is my basic situation.... I am trying to run a point of sale software system
>that I have used for approximately 2 years now. Up til this point, I have been running
>it on a WIN 98 OS. It is a very simple 16bit DOS program, that needs 60 available
>file handles. In win98, you can go into the config.sys file in the root directory,
>and add the line "FILES=(number)" and upon booting, it leaves the number specified,
>plus the system default available. I now have other computer tied into my network,
>and have had to switch to win2000. How can I go about increasing the available file
>handles in win2k? I have tried adding the same line to the config.sys file in win2k,
>and it does nothing. I was told to add "PerVMFiles=(number)" instead... that didn't
>work either. I also attempted to add the same line (actually tried both of the above)
>to the system.ini file in the winnt directory. So far.... no luck. Does anyone have
>any ideas or suggestions? your help would be greatly appreciated... GREATLY APPRECIATED!
>
>Thanks
>JEFF
>
>go to the \winnt\system32 directory
>type edit config.nt
>at the bottom you will find the files=xx statement
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