ME...DOS ERROR 4

[uzx]

I had been running a Clipper application successfully
for the last 18 months.
A few days ago I reinstalled ME after formating my
hard-disk's C partition. I have 40 Gb HD, partitioned as C
and D. The following statements used previously were duly
incorporated:

Autoexec.bat
Clipper = F100

Windows\system.ini
[386Enh]
PerVMFiles=120

The application now does not run and gives a Dos Error 4.
Increasing the Files statement upto 240 made no difference.
Installed the application afresh but no success.

Any ideas, hints, advise ??

 

[Mike M]

See MS KB Q269030 - "How to Increase Available File Handles for
MS-DOS-Based
Applications in Windows Millennium Edition"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=269030).

If however the program is a 16-bit Windows program see MS KB Q274594
"16-Bit
Programs Cannot Open More Than 120 Files Simultaneously in Windows Me"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=274594). Microsoft can
will supply on request a new version of dosmgr.vxd to resolve this
problem.

Note with Win Me long out of even extended support (it ended in July 2006)
I suspect you may have difficulty in obtaining a copy of dosmgr.vxd from
Microsoft and may have to look elsewhere. Likewise you may have to use
Google to try and find a copy of KB274594 as I believe this has been
withdrawn since I first wrote this reply.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby@gmail.com


uzx <uzx@kuchhnahin.com> wrote:

> I had been running a Clipper application successfully
> for the last 18 months.
> A few days ago I reinstalled ME after formating my
> hard-disk's C partition. I have 40 Gb HD, partitioned as C
> and D. The following statements used previously were duly
> incorporated:
>
> Autoexec.bat
> Clipper = F100
>
> Windows\system.ini
> [386Enh]
> PerVMFiles=120
>
> The application now does not run and gives a Dos Error 4.
> Increasing the Files statement upto 240 made no difference.
> Installed the application afresh but no success.
>
> Any ideas, hints, advise ??

 

[uzx]

It is a 16 bit application and was running ok with 120 files
configuration before the fresh install of WIN ME. For the
time being I will be running it on Win98 on a separate system.
Just by the way, one of the Cab file in Installatio Cd does have
Dosmgr.vxd but I could find it nowhere in Windows and its
sub directories. Thanks.

-uzx




Mike M wrote:
>
> See MS KB Q269030 - "How to Increase Available File Handles for
> MS-DOS-Based
> Applications in Windows Millennium Edition"
> (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=269030).
>
> If however the program is a 16-bit Windows program see MS KB Q274594
> "16-Bit
> Programs Cannot Open More Than 120 Files Simultaneously in Windows Me"
> (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=274594). Microsoft can
> will supply on request a new version of dosmgr.vxd to resolve this
> problem.
>
> Note with Win Me long out of even extended support (it ended in July 2006)
> I suspect you may have difficulty in obtaining a copy of dosmgr.vxd from
> Microsoft and may have to look elsewhere. Likewise you may have to use
> Google to try and find a copy of KB274594 as I believe this has been
> withdrawn since I first wrote this reply.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
> uzx <uzx@kuchhnahin.com> wrote:
>
> > I had been running a Clipper application successfully
> > for the last 18 months.
> > A few days ago I reinstalled ME after formating my
> > hard-disk's C partition. I have 40 Gb HD, partitioned as C
> > and D. The following statements used previously were duly
> > incorporated:
> >
> > Autoexec.bat
> > Clipper = F100
> >
> > Windows\system.ini
> > [386Enh]
> > PerVMFiles=120
> >
> > The application now does not run and gives a Dos Error 4.
> > Increasing the Files statement upto 240 made no difference.
> > Installed the application afresh but no success.
> >
> > Any ideas, hints, advise ??

 

[Mike M]

Win Me includes dosmgr.vxd which is why it is contained in WIN_20.CAB,
this is version 4.90.00.3000. What Win Me does not contain is version
4.90.00.3001 mentioned in KB274594 otherwise I wouldn't have wasted my
time by mentioning it.

You won't find dosmgr.vxd as a discrete file on your system as together
with over 40 other virtual device drivers (vxd files) it was built into
the composite file vmm32.vxd which was built when you first installed Win
Me. The version of vmm32.vxd in WIN_20.CAB is simply the stub used when
building the final file.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby@gmail.com


uzx <uzx@kuchhnahin.com> wrote:

> It is a 16 bit application and was running ok with 120 files
> configuration before the fresh install of WIN ME. For the
> time being I will be running it on Win98 on a separate system.
> Just by the way, one of the Cab file in Installatio Cd does have
> Dosmgr.vxd but I could find it nowhere in Windows and its
> sub directories. Thanks.

 

[Ben Myers]

"uzx" <uzx@kuchhnahin.com> wrote in message news:46FEB958.7F3303C0@kuchhnahin.com...
> I had been running a Clipper application successfully
> for the last 18 months.
> A few days ago I reinstalled ME after formating my
> hard-disk's C partition. I have 40 Gb HD, partitioned as C
> and D. The following statements used previously were duly
> incorporated:
>
> Autoexec.bat
> Clipper = F100
> Windows\system.ini
> [386Enh]
> PerVMFiles=120
> The application now does not run and gives a Dos Error 4.
> Increasing the Files statement upto 240 made no difference.
> Installed the application afresh but no success.
> Any ideas, hints, advise ??

Open "c:\autoexec.bat" with Notepad and change the "Clipper"
line to "set clipper=F100". Save the change and be sure there
are no spaces before or after the equals sign. Then restart the
computer.

Ben