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Control the Number of Data Stacks (Windows 3.1/DOS)

Support the dynamic use of data stacks to handle hardware interrupts.

Open the CONFIG.SYS file found in the root directory of your C: drive using Notepad or another text editor (not Microsoft Word or any word processor).

Add a new line with the text "stacks=xx" where 'xx' is the number of data stacks (for example stacks=9,256). Alternatively use "stackshigh=" command to cause the reserved memory to be taken out of the upper memory area instead.

These changes will take place on the next reboot.

Registry Settings
Value Name: stacks or stackshigh

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Last modified: October 17, 2000