I have an old DOS program that I am trying to run on my XP Home. The
program requires the "FILES" option to be set to at least 90, so I
created CONFIG.SYS and set "FILES=90" in the file. I then restarted
the machine.

Unfortunately that did not work. So my question is, how do I set the
parameters such that it would run the DOS program.

namsilat wrote:
> I have an old DOS program that I am trying to run on my XP Home. The
> program requires the "FILES" option to be set to at least 90, so I
> created CONFIG.SYS and set "FILES=90" in the file. I then restarted
> the machine.
>
> Unfortunately that did not work. So my question is, how do I set the
> parameters such that it would run the DOS program.
>

XP does not have DOS, so you will have to boot your PC from a DOS disk
first then run your program.

John.

Did you try setting system variables at the following location:
Control Panel - System - Advanced (tab) - Environment Variables (button) -
System Variables

insert FILES=90 there. Restart and test it.

"namsilat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have an old DOS program that I am trying to run on my XP Home. The
> program requires the "FILES" option to be set to at least 90, so I
> created CONFIG.SYS and set "FILES=90" in the file. I then restarted
> the machine.
>
> Unfortunately that did not work. So my question is, how do I set the
> parameters such that it would run the DOS program.
>

On Windows NT/2000/XP adjust this setting in the Config.nt file. The
file is in the System32 folder. The config.sys file is not used at all.

John

namsilat wrote:

> I have an old DOS program that I am trying to run on my XP Home. The
> program requires the "FILES" option to be set to at least 90, so I
> created CONFIG.SYS and set "FILES=90" in the file. I then restarted
> the machine.
>
> Unfortunately that did not work. So my question is, how do I set the
> parameters such that it would run the DOS program.
>

On Feb 27, 3:50 pm, namsilat <talism...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have an old DOS program that I am trying to run on my XP Home. The
> program requires the "FILES" option to be set to at least 90, so I
> created CONFIG.SYS and set "FILES=90" in the file. I then restarted
> the machine.
>
> Unfortunately that did not work. So my question is, how do I set the
> parameters such that it would run the DOS program.

Check the PIF settings for the program. If you have a PIF file already
right click that, if not right click the EXE file, go to properties-
>program->advanced.

It will show a line "Config filename" Mine by default has "%SystemRoot%
\SYSTEM32\CONFIG.NT"
either create a custom config file for that application or change the
system global one.

If you cannot get the program to run at all with the DOS emulator
built into Windows XP, look into the program DOSBox.

namsilat wrote:
> I have an old DOS program that I am trying to run on my XP Home. The
> program requires the "FILES" option to be set to at least 90, so I
> created CONFIG.SYS and set "FILES=90" in the file. I then restarted
> the machine.
>
> Unfortunately that did not work. So my question is, how do I set the
> parameters such that it would run the DOS program.
>


WinXP doesn't use either AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS; it doesn't even
read them. Usually, the empty files are present simply to provide some
backwards compatibility with legacy applications that "expect" or
require their presence. To set environmental variables, Right-Click My
Computer > Properties > Advanced > Environment Variables > System
Variables/New (or Edit, as applicable). You can also add the
appropriate line(s) to C:\Windows\System32 Config.nt.


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namsilat wrote:
> I have an old DOS program that I am trying to run on my XP Home. The
> program requires the "FILES" option to be set to at least 90, so I
> created CONFIG.SYS and set "FILES=90" in the file. I then restarted
> the machine.
>
> Unfortunately that did not work. So my question is, how do I set the
> parameters such that it would run the DOS program.

"... did not work..." So, what did it do?

If the program is like one we wrote many years ago, it actually reads the
CONFIG.SYS file found in the C:\ (root) directory and looks for the line
FILES=nnnn (no quotes) setting.

All I can suggest is that you check the location of the CONFIG.SYS file - it
must be in the root directory.