Batch files and environment space

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From: Donald J Roufa
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 1990 14:41

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	Help!!$%  When I run a batch file to envoke a non-Windows
application which must set an environment variable, I find that
Windows ver. 3 spawns a shell with only 160 bytes of environment
space, despite the fact that my config.sys file sets the original
environment space to 512 bytes.  As a consequence, the non-Windows
application is unable to run for lack of environment space.  The only
solution I have found so far is to reset the Path and other
non-related environment variables within the batch file being spawned,
so that the new application will find some room within the 160 bytes.
Isn't there some way to tell Windows to run batch files with more
environment space available to them?
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    Don Roufa        E-Mail: DROUFA@MATT.KSU.KSU.EDU    //  | /  /---  |  |
Division of Biology          DROUFA@KSUVM.KSU.EDU      //   |/   |__   |  |
Kansas State Univ.   Tel: (913) 532-6641              //    |\      |  |  |
Manhattan, KS 66506  Fax: (913) 532-6653             //     | \  \__/  \__/

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From: droufa@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Donald J Roufa)
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Subject: Batch files and environment space
Summary: Running a batch file in WIN3 386enhanced mode
Keywords: batch environment
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Date: 24 Dec 90 14:41:59 GMT
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