Q119347

• Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you open files from a Novell NetWare Lite or Personal NetWare peer server, you may receive the message:

Too many open files.

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To Work with many projects you must set the FILES= line in CONFIG.SYS to 255.

CAUSE

Novell NetWare Lite versions 1.0 and 1.1, or Personal NetWare version 1.0 peer servers and clients both need to have the following parameters set in the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files:

CONFIG.SYS	AUTOEXEC.BAT
Files = 255	SHARE.EXE /L:500 /F:5100

These parameters will allow you to open up to 20 files or consolidate up to 80 files.

MORE INFORMATION

Novell NetWare Lite and Personal NetWare are peer-to-peer networking systems. The "FILES=" statement, in the CONFIG.SYS file, determines the maximum number of files that can be opened simultaneously from the server, whereas SHARE.EXE in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file determines the maximum number of file locks available at the server.

Because OLE applications, such as Microsoft Project version 4.0, use file range locking, the /L switch needs to be set to at least 500. Without this parameter, locks are set to 20.

During the installation of NetWare Lite the SHARE line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file is not modified. Modify the SHARE line to the above parameters.

The installation of Personal NetWare modifies the SHARE line with /L:200 and /F:10240 parameters; correctly modifying the /F: parameter, but not modifying the /L: parameter. Change locks (/L:) to 500 from the default 200.

NOTE: VSHARE.386, installed with Microsoft Project, does correct this issue because the network client and server software are loaded prior to Microsoft Windows being loaded.

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Keywords : kbnetwork
Issue type : kbbug
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