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WordPerfect Corporation
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Title: CONFIG.SYS: CHANGING FILES= DUE TO ERROR MSG
Product: WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS
Number: 1018-5/93
Problem
As you start WordPerfect, the following error message appears:
Insufficient File Handles to run WP--Increase FILES= in
CONFIG.SYS and reboot your computer.
Concept
As your computer boots up, it searches the root directory of your
startup drive for the files CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. These
files contain basic system commands and configuration
information. For example, these files contain information for
configuring the management of memory, attaching devices, the kind
of prompt DOS displays, and other parts of the computer system.
Your computer uses some information contained within these
commands as limits that maintain the integrity of your system.
The CONFIG.SYS file contains the main configuration commands your
computer uses when you turn it on. It is stored in the C:\
directory, or the root directory of your startup drive.
CONFIG.SYS contains the FILES= command line that limits the
number of files that can be open on your system. The number
following FILES= specifies the number of file handles that can be
open at one time. For example, WordPerfect requires a minimum
value of FILES=20. DOS specifies the allowable range to be 8
through 255. The default is 8.
The Insufficient File Handles... error suggests a request was
made to open more files than are currently available.
Otherwise, all currently available file handles specified in the
CONFIG.SYS file are already currently opened. You must increase
the number of files that can be open by changing the FILES=
command.
Solution
Specify FILES=20.
1 Save the information in all open applications.
2 From a DOS prompt, type COPY C:\CONFIG.SYS C:\CONFIG.OLD
and
press Enter.
3 Type COPY CONFIG.SYS+CON CONFIG.SYS, then press Enter.
4 Enter FILES=20 (or higher, depending on the setting you
want).
5 Press F6, then press Enter.
6 Reboot your computer by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del.
If WordPerfect continues to display the Insufficient File
Handles... message, repeat these steps and increase your current
file handles setting.
See Also
∙ Appendix E: Error Messages in the WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS
reference manual