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Article #2405Re: Environment Space
From: Rich Messenger
Date: Fri, 03 May 1991 06:37
Date: Fri, 03 May 1991 06:37
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In article <8361@drutx.ATT.COM> fjb@druwa.ATT.COM (Jeff Bogart) writes:
>When I run a non-windows application from windows, I seem to create a "default"
>environment that is too small to add new environment variables or to extend my
>PATH. Is there some way of telling windows what size to reserve for
>environment variables?
>
>I can't seem to find anything mentioned about this topic in the Windows
>documentation.
How about a simple hack: before you invoke windows, set a scratch
environment variable (making sure your command.com has a big enough
environment space):
SET scratch=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Then, instead of invoking the non-windows application directly, call a
batch file which first unsets the environment variable. This will
free up that space in the environment.
SET scratch=
...rest of batch can now add to path, etc...
I know: UGLY. But it probably works.
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