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Error "EDT Error 19" With MS-DOS And Random H
DocumentID: 610980
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:34:38 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: After the user updated to MS-DOS version 6.0 and ran MEMMAKER, the customer received an error within Random House Webster's Dictionary. The error message "EDT Error 19" occurred from both the DOS prompt and WordPerfect 5.1. Solutions: The FILES were set to 20 in the CONFIG.SYS file (i.e., FILES=20). Microsoft recommends setting FILES to 50. WPCorp testing has found that increasing FILES as high as 60 will also work. The customer increased the number of files available and the problem no longer occurred.

How/Why:
Every program running under DOS needs a file handle to access memory. The FILES line in the CONFIG.SYS file controls the amount of file handles available to programs on the system. When the number of file handles is set too low, there is not enough files available for all programs to function or run correctly.

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