INFO: Remote File Handles Limited to 1,024 Under Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me
Article ID: 176907
Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
This article was previously published under Q176907
SUMMARY
Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Edition (Me) limits the number of file handles opened from other machines in a networked environment to 1,024. Many machines can connect to files shared by a specific Windows 95 machine, but the total number of files open remotely on that machine at any one time is limited to 1,024.
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This does not guarantee that 1,024 can be opened on every machine, as
memory constraints and other limitations can lower the number of available
open files. This upper limit is by design.
Consider reducing your open file needs by moving some of the shared files
to other machines or upgrade the "server" machine to Windows NT.
Additional query words: connection limitation maximum
Keywords: kbapi kbfileio kbinfo kbkernbase kbnetwork KB176907