MS DOS conflict with Windows XP

[Guest]

I am trying to running a DOS program under XP and the error message is "
Available File Handles = 34 " and the program needs at least 99 to run. I
have added a config.sys so that files=99 and buffers=32. Same message. I have
tryed several changes to the congfig.sys but can't seem to change the
outcome. Can anyone help?

 

[Richard G. Harper]

First, I'd post this in a Windows XP newsgroup. This is a Vista newsgroup
and it supports older legacy programs much differently than XP does.

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[Joe Morris]

I'm not sure why you're posting an XP usage question in a Vista installation
newsgroup, but try changing the FILES=40 line in the file
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG.NT (*not* "CONFIG.SYS").

Joe Morris

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I am trying to running a DOS program under XP and the error message is "
Available File Handles = 34 " and the program needs at least 99 to run. I
have added a config.sys so that files=99 and buffers=32. Same message. I have
tryed several changes to the congfig.sys but can't seem to change the
outcome. Can anyone help?

1) First of all, why are you posting a WinXP-related question in a
Vista newsgroup? You'd have a better chance of getting help in a WinXP
newsgroup.

2) Secondly, WinXP doesn't use AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS; it doesn't
even read them. 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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[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:32:04 -0700, golferdan

I am trying to running a DOS program under XP and the error message is "
Available File Handles = 34 " and the program needs at least 99 to run. I
have added a config.sys so that files=99 and buffers=32. Same message. I have
tryed several changes to the congfig.sys but can't seem to change the
outcome. Can anyone help?

Try those settings within Config.NT (which is what NT uses to
configure what appears to DOS apps to be "DOS").

The .NT files are not in C:\, so Find them and edit carefullly, after
making backups of them in case things get worse.

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