Re: [WinMac] Re: Error -42 - Too many files open
From: Steve Abrahamson (steve@asctech.com)
Date: Fri Mar 30 2001 - 11:32:15 PST
Fonts count as open files - if he has a lot of fonts, the could be using
up his allotment of open files invisibly, before he even launches an app.
Just a thought, jumping in in the middle of the thread.
Steve
On 3/30/01 1:22 PM, Bruce Johnson (johnson@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU) said:
>The problem is, he should be able to open those three programs under OS7,
>much less OS8.6
>
>Something is messed up with his system...
>
>Bruce Johnson
>University of Arizona
>College of Pharmacy
>Information Technology Group
>
>Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
>
>
>On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Ilyse Kazar wrote:
>
>> On 3/29/01 at 2:41 AM, Ron LaPedis <ronl@laserphernalia.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Is there any way to increase the open files limit? On my G3 with 256
>> > Mb RAM, I cannot start Excel, Acrobat and Eudora at the same time
>> > without this error.
>>
>> Open files are not a function of how much RAM you have installed, but of
what
>> operating system you're using. Upgrade to 9.x and those messages should
>> disappear, as you can have many times more "files" open. (Files in this case
>> does not refer to visible windows open under your applications, but has
more
>to
>> do with OOP ... for example, my email program opens a "file" for every
>mailbox
>> in the list of mailboxes, whether or not I'm viewing messages from any of
>them).
>>
>> kazar
Steve Abrahamson
Ascending Technologies
http://www.asctech.com
steve@asctech.com
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