FoxPro under XP

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Keith

I am attempting to run an old DOS based app under XP.
Every time it starts up it gives me a warning that
config.sys has files set to 20 and it must be at least
100. I have edited the config.nt file and set it, but the
message still occurs. When I try to use the app it errors
out with a message that says too many files are open.
What can I do?
 
Keith,
This sounds like a FPD programmer that was too "smart" and didn't anticipate the application running under NT/W2K/XP. The program may actually be reading the CONFIG.SYS file to determine the FILES setting. (And if it does find one with a FILES statement it assumes the defalt of 20! <s>)Since XP doesn't use this file, try just creating one with FILES=200 and maybe it'll be "happy", and the OS won't care!

Rick
 

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