How to Specify Additional Environment Space under Windows NT

Last reviewed: March 28, 1997
Article ID: Q158141

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5 and 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

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:

In Control Panel, click the System icon.
In the Environment list, select ComSpec.
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
Keywords : kbnetwork ntconfig NTSrvWkst
Version : 3.5 3.51 4.0
Platform : WinNT

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Last reviewed: March 28, 1997
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