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From: smsmith@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M Smith)
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Subject: Re: Windows USELESS with MSDOS 5.0!!!
Keywords: Windows MSDOS 5.0
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Date: 17 Jun 91 22:18:43 GMT
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jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris) writes:
>
>You'll get 
>the symptoms you described ("unable to find program" or whatever the
>error message text is) if you run out of file handles.  (I saw it
>because Windows shattered and returned to DOS without closing files.)
>
>Check the files=nnn line in CONFIG.SYS to make sure you've got a minimum
>of 30 (per the Windows manual) plus whatever your other programs are
>using.

Brilliant!  I should have thought of that too, because 2 weeks ago
I was running Windows in standard mode under Desqview and once Windows
was up and running Desqview could no longer open any more windows
because it said it couldn't find the application's configuration
file.

I changed my files from 20 to 25 and that took care of the problem.

Try it, you'll like it.

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