FCB Unavailable ERROR

This is a discussion about FCB Unavailable ERROR in the Windows Software category; I recently migrated some DOS programs from NT 4. 0 to Win2000 Pro. When I execute them in a DOS shell, I get the following error: FCB Unavailable Suspecting the problem was due to reduced DOS support in Windows 2000/XP, I tried the same program under XP-Pro and it worked fine.

Windows Software 5498 This topic was started by GmanAZ, 2002-05-30 00:15

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GmanAZ

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2002-05-30 02:15

I recently migrated some DOS programs from NT 4.0 to Win2000 Pro. When I execute them in a DOS shell, I get the following error:
FCB Unavailable

Suspecting the problem was due to reduced DOS support in Windows 2000/XP, I tried the same program under XP-Pro and it worked fine.

Any ideas on the Win2000 failure?

TIA,

Gerard

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Sampson

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2002-05-30 06:29

See if this helps: http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q291105

GmanAZ

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2002-05-30 21:01

Sampson,

Thanks for the feedback. However, after retrieving and applying the relative hotfix from MS, the problem still exists. I suspect the article you mentioned addresses a slightly different issue.

I'm still left without a solution though.

Thanks again.