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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documentation, particularly for programming, you should not rely on the information found here, as it will be woefully out of date.

 
Error 145:  Too many opened files
 
Compilation has exceeded the number of available DOS file
handles.
 
File handles are taken up by used units and by files
included with the {$I} directive. Reduce the number of
files in a single compilation, or increase the number of
available handles by putting the following in CONFIG.SYS:
 
   FILES=20
 
TSR (terminate-and-stay-resident) programs may use up file
handles. Remove resident software, then recompile.