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Re: [Q] : How to make PATH longer

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From: Mike S. Avelar
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 00:00
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Zilbandy wrote:
> 
> George Seaman  CRL <hi-tech@aloha.com> wrote:
> 
> >The best way if you wish to extend the path is to use a diffrent dos such
> >as "4DOS " in lieu of that you should shorten the directory names. ie.
> >Windows becomes win or w \ lotus becomes 123 or SSL (spread sheet lotus).
> 
> >   Aloha G. Seaman  CRL
> 
> I did this once. (shorten directory names) Boy what a pain...
> Unless you want to spend a couple of hours changing every
> c:\windows line to c:\win in all the ini files and for many icons
> in various groups, leave the windows directory alone.... In my
> case, (I'm really not very bright...) I actually changed it back
> to c:\windows at some later date. Don't remember why. Guess I was
> just bored one day. I've even been known to reformat my hard disk
> and restore everything from floppy backups just for something to
> do... Guess I should really get a hobby... Maybe I'll play with
> FDISK today, just for something to do!
> 

I used to format my HDs... but I don't now... I really want to cuz I'm 
running win95 (boy does it suck) and I really don't have any other OS that 
will run on my PC. I've got DOS 6.22 and Win311... but I don't want to go 
through all that $#!*.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Barry Burnett (Zilbandy)
> Tucson, Arizona USA
> zil@azstarnet.com
> 
> Windows 95!... from the same people who brought you EDLIN!
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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From: "Mike S. Avelar" <msa@capitalnet.com>
Subject: Re: [Q] : How to make PATH longer
Date: 1996/02/23
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