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Fcbs

Specifies the number of file control blocks (FCBs) that the MS-DOS subsystem can have open at the same time. Use the systemroot\System32\Config.nt file, or the equivalent startup file specified in a program's PIF, to specify the number of FCBs.

A file control block is a data structure that stores information about a file.

fcbs=x

Parameter

x

Specifies the number of FCBs that the MS-DOS subsystem can have open at one time. Valid values for x are in the range 1 through 255. The default value is 4.