Important Notice

The pages on this site contain documentation for very old MS-DOS software, purely for historical purposes. If you're looking for up-to-date documentation, particularly for programming, you should not rely on the information found here, as it will be woefully out of date.

THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH FILE HANDLES.
SET FILES=20 IN THE CONFIG.SYS FILE.
 
Word creates and uses temporary files to record
changes as you work on a document. Your system
needs to be set up so that at least 20 system
files can be open simultaneously.
 
■ Make sure the CONFIG.SYS file in your root
  directory includes the line FILES=20.