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In article <60082@microsoft.UUCP> steveha@microsoft.UUCP (Steve Hastings) writes:
>>>Author: [Donald J Roufa]
>>>Windows ver. 3 spawns a shell with only 160 bytes of environment
>>>Isn't there some way to tell Windows to run batch files with more
>>>environment space available to them?
>
>On a case-by-case basis, there is.  In Program Manager, choose File
>Properties.  Edit the Command Line to say "COMMAND.COM /e:xxxx /c foo.bat"
>where xxxx is how many bytes of environment space you want.  I use 1024.
>
>From then on, when you double-click that icon, the batch file will run with
>sufficient environment space.
>
>To ensure that your DOS Prompt has enough environment space, either edit
>its Command Line to say "COMMAND.COM /e:xxxx" or make a PIF file for it
>that includes that Command Line.  I use the PIF file, since that way I can
>assign a hot key to zap into that DOS shell.
 
Putting SHELL = COMMAND.COM /E:XXXX/P in your config.sys provides a general 
solution also for the DOS versions that support SHELL.