Cannot Read Parameters Help Screen for Route.exe

• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51, 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.51, 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to view the command-line parameters for Route.exe, the help is more than one screen long. Redirection of the output to More or to a text file may not work.

RESOLUTION

To view the help for Route.exe, use one of the following methods:

• View the same information in the online Help. To view the information in online Help in Windows NT 4.0, click the Start button, click Help, click the Index tab, and type "route utility" (without quotation marks). Then, double-click Route Utility in the list of available Help topics.
• Change the Command screen parameters using Control Panel. To do so in Windows NT 4.0, double-click Console in Control Panel, click the Layout tab, and increase the Height setting in the Window Size area. Use at least a setting of 42.

  In Windows NT 3.51, double-click Control Panel in the Main group, double-click Console, click the Screen Size And Position tab, and increase the Height setting in the Widow Size area. Use a setting of at least 42.

MORE INFORMATION

Route.exe is a tool you can use to add default gateway and destination network address entries to the route table from a command line.