PE> That's what I just said above, the files= only affects DOS programs under
PE> OS/2, not OS/2 programs under OS/2!  Bizaare!  Let's hope they changed 
PE> that
PE> with Merlin.  BFN.  Paul.

MH> Control Program Reference -> File System -> DosSetRelMaxFH.
Did you even 
MH> bother to look for it? A simple search with keyword
"increase" would've 
MH> worked.

Did you even bother to read my original message?  Regardless, I can't see
why I shouldn't be able to specify the maximum # of file handles allowed by
default to a new process via my config.sys, rather than my current option,
which is to go and disassemble every application I run, and put in a call
to DosSetMaxFH() (because the program author didn't).  Or maybe replace
cmd.exe with one of my own that does a DosSetMaxFH().  It's completely
bizaare.  Why is it so convenient for DOS programs, and such a headache for
OS/2 programs?  BFN.  Paul. 
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