How to Specify Additional Environment Space under Windows NT

ID: Q158141

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SUMMARY

This article tell you 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.


MORE INFORMATION

To specify additional space for environment variables:

  1. In Control Panel, click the System icon.


  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 directory where the Windows NT systems files are located.


The maximum size for the environment is 32768 bytes.

Additional query words: prodnt increase length out of environment space error 


Keywords          : kbnetwork ntconfig NTSrvWkst 
Version           : winnt:3.5,3.51,4.0
Platform          : winnt 
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Last Reviewed: May 10, 1999