On Tue, 1 Dec 1998 Bill Cohane <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
<snip>
>Another approach... Open a DOS box (from within Win98, go to
>Start, Programs, and click "MS-DOS Prompt") and type in the DOS
>command "Set". What do you see? You are looking to see what is
>specified for the environmental variable "Temp". Type the command
>"Set Temp=C:\Windows\Temp" (without the quotes) in the DOS box.
>Try to run your programs. Did it help?

"Set Temp=C:\Windows\Temp" won't help in this context.

Entering the SET command on its own in a DOS window
is a reasonable way to _view_ the environment parameters,
but entering SET with a _new_ environment parameter value
will have no effect outside the DOS window,
since each DOS box gets a copy of the environment
which is not shared and is destroyed on exit.

(This can be very frustrating if you are used to communicating
between DOS batch commands via the environment!)


Len Warner <[log in to unmask]> http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~len/ ICQ:10120933

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