How to Change Windows NT's Environment Size

 Last reviewed: May 8, 1997
Article ID: Q102410

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

COMMAND.COM has a limit for environment size. You can change the size by adding the following command line into the CONFIG.NT file 

   shell=%systemroot%\system32\command.com /p /e:size
where "size" is the maximum length in bytes you want COMMAND.COM to allocate for each program. The default is 256 bytes and the maximum is 32K.

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbbug3.10 kbtool nthowto ntutil
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 8, 1997
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