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From: jvilhube@diana.cair.du.edu (Ferreira Tinto)
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Subject: Re: 128 char limit in load= line?
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Date: 13 Nov 90 02:54:54 GMT
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In article <5735@hsv3.UUCP> jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman) writes:
>Microsoft seems to have this thing with 128-character limits.  I think I've
>stumbled across this limit in the WIN.INI file.  I added another program
>to the "load=" line (bringing the total up to around 6).  When I restarted
>Windows, I got a couple of "Unable to find file..." messages.  After some
>fiddling around, I discovered that cutting down the length of the line
>would fix it (most of the programs have absolute paths specified... I
>finally just removed the ".exe" from all the names).
>
>Anyway, I'm going to have a problem next time I try to add a program
>to my load line.  Does anyone know of a way around this limitation?
>
Just a thought (and perhaps a question on my part):
how about a second load= line?
Would that work?


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