Editing config.sys in WIN XP

[rajivpoddar]

Hi,

I have an accounting software programmed in Clipper which requires the following line in Config.sys.
FILES=200. But I could not find config.sys file in Win XP and whenever I run the program it says DOS ERROR 4.

Please help!!

 

[xyrx]

Gosh, does XP even use a config.sys anymore (he thinks aloud)? Go to start, run, and type in:

sysedit

There's a window for config.sys. Just type in

FILES=200

close, save, and restart.

 

[wolluf]

XP (and all NT based systems) normally use config.nt (and autoexec.nt) for Dos environment initialisation. They live in \windows\system32 (and contain helpful text). Config.sys & autoexec.bat in root of system drive are ignored.

 

[Mazrium]

You'll need to watch it with the clipper program. You can set up your program to work with the Config.nt and Autoexec.nt but the program will use 100% of the cpu resources. At least that's what happened at my work

 

[nelljack]

Mazrium, what did you do to resolve the cpu resources? I am having trouble with XP Home edition hogging all of my memory.
One of my apps worked on XP just a couple of weeks ago and now I get an error "too low of memory to run this task". I have 512MB RAM.

Boy, if you could help me I would surely appreciate it. I have tried every combo of sizes in virtual memory, temp file folder sizes, etc and nothing helps. Rebooting does nothing either.

 

[linney]

Nelljack.

This thread might touch on your problem.

thread779-293833

 

[Mazrium]

We are useing a program called Tame (

http://www.tamedos.com/)

to solve the issue. It runs a little on the slow side but if all you have is XP and they aren't planning to upgrade your software it might be a necessary evil.
As far as the Low memory error, it sounds like a memory leak. Try uninstalling any programs you installed about the time this started happening.

 

[xyrx]

Wolluf: those config.nt and autoexec.nt files.... are they global or per-user? Are those executed upon starting 2K/XP or does it load whenever a DOS prompt is opened, and only for that session? I've been wondering why I put commands in my autoexec.bat and it doesn't execute.. this 'splains everything.

 

[nelljack]

Thanks for your helps. I have checked the threads and read the others. Will check out the bat file and see if there is something there. Then I will recheck the compatibility issue again.

Again thanks.

 

[wolluf]

xyrx,

config.nt & autoexec.nt are global - as it says in the default ones provided the values are used to initialise the dos environment unless a different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.

 

[rajivpoddar]

wolluf: How can I find whether a different startup file is mentioned in the applications PIF or not. I have an accounting software programmed in clipper. I also have a clipper decompiler.