_setmaxstdio max open files is 2048 only?

Question

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6e3b887c%28VS.80%29.aspx

is there a way to have more than 2048 open files at a time per application using _wopen.

32 or 64 bit OS – same limit!

Answer 1

See Is there a limit on number of open files in Windows.

From the comments on the accepted answer it looks like there is no way to change this. Perhaps you can use the "CreateFile" api call in place of _wopen?