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From: mikel@pyrps5.pyramid.com (Mike Lipsie)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Environment space for DOS appl. under Windows
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Date: 24 Oct 90 15:47:31 GMT
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In article <1990Oct24.032517.21201@eecs.wsu.edu> ckinsman@yoda.UUCP (Chris Kinsman - EE major) writes:
>In article <433.2721eb3c@ae.chalmers.se> hogstedt@ae.chalmers.se (PER HOGSTEDT) writes:
>>
>> When running DOS applications from Windows I get too little environment
>>space for my application. Windows allocates 224 bytes in standard mode (I
>>think).
>>How can I tell Windows to allocate more environment for my DOS application?
>>Yes - I have tried TFM as well as all *.TXT files I can find without
>>any success.
>>
>I don't know if this is bright but it works.  do a SET DUMMY1=111111111111111
>(256 characters)  This will give you an additional 256 bytes or so of
>environment space.  Run your program from a batch that does a SET DUMMY1= 
>before running your program.

Well ... That might work but I wouldn't count on it.

When Windows "launches" a program it starts another copy of COMMAND.COM.
Just edit the associated .PIF (or create it if there is none) to have
an environment space that is big enough.  For example, /e:512 /p
would give you 512 bytes of environment (minus whatever is already 
defined).

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Mike Lipsie                               mikel@pyramid.com
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