Microsoft KB Archive/33258

Multiplan Err Msg: Increase FILES Setting in CONFIG.SYS PSS ID Number: Q33258 Article last modified on 01-16-1991 PSS database name: D_MPlan

3.x 4.00 4.01 4.20

MS-DOS

Summary:

Multiplan error message: “Increase FILES setting in CONFIG.SYS”

The following is a list of the possible reasons why this error message appears:


 * 1) There may be no CONFIG.SYS file. Use an editor (such as EDLIN) to create the CONFIG.SYS file. Make sure to include the line “FILES=20” in your new CONFIG.SYS. After creating the file, make sure to reboot your computer.
 * 2) The existing CONFIG.SYS file does not have a FILES setting, or FILES is not large enough. Modify the file as outlined in step 1.
 * 3) There may be spaces in the CONFIG.SYS file. On some computers, “FILES = 20” is correct. Other computers require that there be no spaces on either side of the equal (=) sign. “FILES=20” is preferred.
 * 4) The FILES setting is correct, but the computer has not been rebooted since making the CONFIG.SYS file modification. Reboot the computer by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL or turning the power switch off and on.
 * 5) The computer is booted from the wrong drive. For example, the CONFIG.SYS is on drive C, but you booted from drive A (or vice versa).

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