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BUG: Win32s Setup May Fail if BUFFERS or FILES Set Too Small

Article ID: 122326

Article Last Modified on 12/1/2003

Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 2.1
Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 Standard Edition
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Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Enterprise Edition
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This article was previously published under Q122326

SYMPTOMS

The Visual C++ Win32s Setup program may fail if BUFFERS or FILE settings in your CONFIG.SYS file are set too low. Setup requires that the number of files specified be at least 50 and the number of buffers specified be at least 30.

RESOLUTION

Make sure your CONFIG.SYS file contains the following lines:

   BUFFERS=30
   FILES=50

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 1.20 2.00 2.10 4.00 4.10 4.20 uae failure vcbuglist40

Keywords: kbbug kbsetup KB122326