INFO: Remote File Handles Limited to 1,024 Under Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me (176907)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
    • the operating system: 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.

MORE INFORMATION

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.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/27/2004
Keywords:kbAPI kbFileIO kbinfo kbKernBase kbnetwork KB176907
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