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Hi, thanks Steve! But I already increased the files entry in my
config.sys to 100! And it still doesn't work. Anyone else have any
ideas? I'm running on a Novell network, by the way (and I increased the
files in my shell.cfg to 100, too!)
TIA,
Gillian
On Wed, 4 Sep 1996 Steve -dot- Evanina -at- Sciatl -dot- COM wrote:
> Gillian,
> My handy dandy MS Developer Network CD sez:
> 1079 Out of file handles.
> PROBLEM: The compiler does not have enough available file handles to
> continue the build. This error is likely to occur if you are compiling
> in an MS-DOS box or if you are using Help Author and have Word for
> Windows running at the same time.
> RESULT: The compiler aborts the build.
> SOLUTION: If possible, increase the FILES setting in the CONFIG.SYS
> file to Files=50. Then reboot your computer and recompile.
> steve -dot- evanina -at- sciatl -dot- com
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: Windows help compiler error message
> Author: gmcgarv -at- PSYCHE -dot- OVID -dot- COM at PMDF
> Date: 9/3/96 4:12 PM
> Hello everyone,
> Has anyone ever gotten this error message when compiling windows help files?
> error 1079: out of file handles
> I've tried upping the files=# in my config.sys, to no avail. Please help
> as soon as possible!!!
> Thanks,
> Gillian
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