PRB: L1083 Error Caused by Incorrect FILES= in CONFIG.SYS

ID Number: Q40426

3.x 4.x 5.01.20 5.01.21 5.02 5.03 5.05 5.10 5.11 5.13 5.15

MS-DOS

Summary:

SYMPTOMS

The linker generates the following error:

L1083 Cannot Open Run File

CAUSE

The following conditions may cause this error.

- FILES set to greater than 20 in DOS versions earlier than version

3.3

- Spaces before or after the equal sign (=) in the FILES statement

- Trailing spaces in the FILES statement

RESOLUTION

Decrease the number of FILES in CONFIG.SYS, or delete any embedded

or trailing spaces in the FILES statement.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.51 3.55

3.60 3.61 3.64 3.65 3.69 4.06 4.07 4.10 5.01.20 5.01.21 5.02 5.03 5.05

5.10 5.11 5.13 5.15