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How to Specify Additional Environment Space under Windows NT

PSS ID Number: 158141

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

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SUMMARY

This article explains how to specify additional space for environment variables. This can be useful for systems with extremely long path statements in both the system and the Autoexec.bat file.

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To specify additional space for environment variables:
  1. In Control Panel, double-click System.
  2. In the Environment list, select ComSpec.
  3. To increase the amount of environment space, use the following syntax:

    ComSpec = <drive:\windir>\system32\cmd.exe /e:2048

    where <drive:\windir> is the drive and folder where the Windows NT system files are located.

In Windows 2000:

  1. In Control Panel, double-click System.
  2. Click the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables. In the System variables, click ComSpec.
  3. To increase the amount of environment space, use the following syntax:

    ComSpec = <drive:\windir>\system32\cmd.exe /e:2048

    where <drive:\windir> is the drive and folder where the Windows 2000 system files are located.
The maximum size for the /E: switch is 32768 bytes.

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