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how to increase the maximum number of windows ?

Posted: 08-04-2004, 12:21 AM
The PocketTV Team
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my XP desktop seems to limit the maximum number of top-level windows to
about 50 or so.

when the limit is reach, the system refuses to open new windows.

because of the nature of my job, i need to keep about 100 windows opened
(most of them minimized), to have rapid access to a number of documents.

is there a way to increase the maximum number of windows with XP ?

my XP system has 512K+ memory, 100GB hard disk, so memory resources are not
an issue. apparently there is a limit that is either hard-coded in the XP
kernel, shell or maybe something that can be tuned up (from the registry).

i have used google to search for an answer to that one, and all i found were
many people who had the same question, but no answer.


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Carey Frisch [MVP]
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Re: how to increase the maximum number of windows ?
Posted: 08-04-2004, 12:31 AM
Q. "is there a way to increase the maximum number of windows with XP ?"

A. No.

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"The PocketTV Team" <do-not-reply-by-email@pockettv.com> wrote in message:
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| my XP desktop seems to limit the maximum number of top-level windows to
| about 50 or so.
|
| when the limit is reach, the system refuses to open new windows.
|
| because of the nature of my job, i need to keep about 100 windows opened
| (most of them minimized), to have rapid access to a number of documents.
|
| is there a way to increase the maximum number of windows with XP ?
|
| my XP system has 512K+ memory, 100GB hard disk, so memory resources are not
| an issue. apparently there is a limit that is either hard-coded in the XP
| kernel, shell or maybe something that can be tuned up (from the registry).
|
| i have used google to search for an answer to that one, and all i found were
| many people who had the same question, but no answer.

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Re: how to increase the maximum number of windows ?
Posted: 08-04-2004, 06:25 AM

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <mrxp2004@nospamyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Q. "is there a way to increase the maximum number of windows with XP ?"
>
> A. No.
could this RFE be logged into the KB, please ?

the maximum number should be made configurable, or the kernel should use
dynamically allocated data structure so that no hardcoded maximum would be
enforced.

i personally would prefer about double the current maximum. and apparently,
many people using XP for development would agree with me, from what i have
seen on various forums.


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Rob Schneider
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Re: how to increase the maximum number of windows ?
Posted: 08-04-2004, 10:21 PM
Suggest you send this request to Microsoft. This forum is not Microsoft.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms




The PocketTV Team wrote:
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <mrxp2004@nospamyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%23ukc1HbeEHA.720@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>
>>Q. "is there a way to increase the maximum number of windows with XP ?"
>>
>>A. No.
>
>
> could this RFE be logged into the KB, please ?
>
> the maximum number should be made configurable, or the kernel should use
> dynamically allocated data structure so that no hardcoded maximum would be
> enforced.
>
> i personally would prefer about double the current maximum. and apparently,
> many people using XP for development would agree with me, from what i have
> seen on various forums.
>
>
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Re: how to increase the maximum number of windows ?
Posted: 08-04-2004, 12:39 AM
So with 100 minimized windows you're able to immediately find the one you
want?
I tip my hat to you

"The PocketTV Team" <do-not-reply-by-email@pockettv.com> wrote in message
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> my XP desktop seems to limit the maximum number of top-level windows to
> about 50 or so.
>
> when the limit is reach, the system refuses to open new windows.
>
> because of the nature of my job, i need to keep about 100 windows opened
> (most of them minimized), to have rapid access to a number of documents.
>
> is there a way to increase the maximum number of windows with XP ?
>
> my XP system has 512K+ memory, 100GB hard disk, so memory resources are
not
> an issue. apparently there is a limit that is either hard-coded in the XP
> kernel, shell or maybe something that can be tuned up (from the registry).
>
> i have used google to search for an answer to that one, and all i found
were
> many people who had the same question, but no answer.
>
>

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Re: how to increase the maximum number of windows ?
Posted: 08-04-2004, 02:32 AM

"DL" <dl@spoofmail.co> wrote in message news:usJkmIbeEHA.1764@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| So with 100 minimized windows you're able to immediately find the one you
| want?
| I tip my hat to you

They might be grouped on the taskbar
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Re: how to increase the maximum number of windows ?
Posted: 08-04-2004, 06:13 AM
"DL" <dl@spoofmail.co> wrote in message
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> So with 100 minimized windows you're able to immediately find the one you
> want?
> I tip my hat to you
yes. for example, i need to keep alive a dozen software emulaters
applications that take a long time to start-up. and i need to keep several
development environments. add to that several ftp windows that take a lomg
time to open etc... very rapidely i am limited by the XP restriction that
prevents me to have more than about 30-50 windows opened at the same time.

basically this is a very ennoying restrictions for many people who do
engineering work with XP, and I hope that it has been logged as being a BUG
in the MSFT KB.

using google, i have seem many people complaining about this relatively low
limit on the number of windows.


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Re: how to increase the maximum number of windows ?
Posted: 08-04-2004, 04:44 PM
In news:OAR7MHeeEHA.2396@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
The PocketTV Team <do-not-reply-by-email@pockettv.com> typed:
> i am limited by
> the XP restriction that prevents me to have more than about
30-50
> windows opened at the same time.
>
> basically this is a very ennoying restrictions for many people
who do
> engineering work with XP, and I hope that it has been logged as
being
> a BUG in the MSFT KB.

A bug? A bug is something that doesn't work as planned. This
restriction is almost certainly by design, and is clearly not a
bug.

This restriction may cause problems for you, but it doesn't do so
for the enormous majority of XP users. Once in a while I may have
as many as ten windows open at once, but rarely. Many people
never have more than one window open at once.

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Re: how to increase the maximum number of windows ?
Posted: 08-04-2004, 05:12 PM
He has his page file too small. I have 108 windows open as I write this.

Use
for /l %A in (1,1,100) do notepad

to open 100 copies of notepad

(taskkill /im notepad.exe to close them)

He thinks he knows more than Windows does about memory management, and won't listen.

There is a contract between Windows and Programs. That is that each program can access 4 GiBytes of memory. Approx 2 GiBytes is shared memory (system dlls etc). I have 21 proce
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"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message news:etCJrnjeEHA.3132@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> In news:OAR7MHeeEHA.2396@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
> The PocketTV Team <do-not-reply-by-email@pockettv.com> typed:
>
> > i am limited by
> > the XP restriction that prevents me to have more than about
> 30-50
> > windows opened at the same time.
> >
> > basically this is a very ennoying restrictions for many people
> who do
> > engineering work with XP, and I hope that it has been logged as
> being
> > a BUG in the MSFT KB.
>
>
> A bug? A bug is something that doesn't work as planned. This
> restriction is almost certainly by design, and is clearly not a
> bug.
>
> This restriction may cause problems for you, but it doesn't do so
> for the enormous majority of XP users. Once in a while I may have
> as many as ten windows open at once, but rarely. Many people
> never have more than one window open at once.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
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Re: how to increase the maximum number of windows ?
Posted: 08-04-2004, 10:16 PM
> He has his page file too small. I have 108 windows open as I write this.

I'll change the settings for my paging file to "system-managed file", we'll
see if this will work better than the custom size that I had (max 800MB).



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