Too Many Files Open???????? 1

[arpan]

I have a FoxPro application that makes use of many files. I have converted this application into an exe format. Now whenever, I try to open up this exe application, I get the error message saying "Too Many Files Open".

To avoid this, I was told by someone to create a config.sys file (I am working on Windows 2000 & since Windows 2000 doesn't make use of config.sys, I had to manually create it) with the following text:

FILES=125
BUFFERS=50

which will take care of the error thrown in FoxPro. I rebooted the system but again when I tried to open the exe application (that had the FoxPro files), I again got the same error. How do I get rid of this error & ensure that the exe application gets executed as desired?

Please note that Windows is saved in my D:\ & hence I saved the config.sys (which I had created manually) in this drive. But when I executed sysedit from the Run command (which can be accessed by clicking the Start button on the taskbar), when it tried to load config.sys, I got the error as 'Cannot open this file'. So I even saved the config.sys file in my C:\. But still the "Too Many Files Open" comes up when I try to execute the exe application!!!!!

Thanks,

Arpan

 

[ramani]

HI Arpan,

1. If your are using Win95/Win98 or DOS.. config.sys file holds the FILES=nnn statement. probably, if 125 is not enough, you can set that to a higher value. Also make sure the FILES=nnn statement does not appear again in your config.sys.. down below what you have specified already. This will override the previous line. Example..

Config.sys
***********
FILES=225
BUFFERS = 20
etc statements..

2. If you are using WinMe... then.. click on the link down below to see how to set that..
WinMe - Setup to solve Too Many Files Open Error
faq182-608

3. If it is WinNT or W2000... then..
reach the CONFIG.NT in the directory..
D:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG.NT
then change the values for FILES=225. The default is 20.

Hope this will solve your problem.. If it doesnt, please specify the operating system and more of your system to understand and provide the correct answer.

Hope this helps you


ramani
(Subramanian.G),FoxAcc, ramani_g@yahoo.com

 

[JJoey]

Hi arpan:
I think you can edit the config.nt under c:\winnt\system32. the same goes for Winnt 4 and W2K.

Hope it helps a little.