Increasing FILE handlers with WINDOWS ME 2

[wildcard]

Migrated a CLIPPER package to a WINDOWS ME new PC.

I got DOS ERROR 4 when opening the 16th file
under Windows ME. So I put a 'SET CLIPPER=F111 /E:0'
line into an AUTOEXEC.BAT file in the root directory
and I also put 'FILES=150' into a CONFIG.SYS file
(this worked fine for Win95 and Win98).

But I still get DOS ERROR 4 after booting the system.

How do I increase the file handlers for CLIPPER 5.2
running under WINDOWS ME?

Thanksamundo,
Jim

 

[jav]

Open the system.ini file in c:\windows and add this line on the first line
in the 386enh section:

PerVmFiles=150

jav

 

[rym]

For your trouble, look at this site:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q269/0/30.asp?community=0&LN=ES-ES&SD=SO&FR=0

1 Q269030 - How to Increase Available File Handles for MS-DOS-Based Programs in Windows Millennium Edition
Extracto:Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) only parses the Config.sys file for environment variables; therefore, settings used by MS-DOS-based programs running in Windows Me are not set inside the Config.sys file.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q269/0/30.asp?community=0&LN=ES-ES&SD=SO&FR=0

 

[fbizzell]

The file handle solution was a big help. I also need help with Clipper 5.2 running under Windows ME. I get the following error:

BASE 5300 MEMORY LOW

Under Windows 98 we use some memory management settings in the config.sys file...

Everytime we reboot the machine it wipes out the config.sys file.

 

[agedoorn]

You can also download a patch from

http://www.geocities.com/mfd4life_2000/

(attention! between mfd4life and 2000 there is an underscore!)

After installing above mentioned pad it becomes possible again to use autoexec.bat en config.sys with settings conform W98...