Path in Autoexec.bat

"FACE" wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:49:03 GMT, "Buffalo"
in microsoft.public.win98.performance wrote:


"Bert Kinney" wrote in message
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Hi Buffalo,

Remove the two " in the path statement.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

"Buffalo" wrote
My path command is:
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;"C:\Program Files\Norton
SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\";C:\PROGRA~1\ATITEC~1\ATICON~1
and it causes an error : Too many parameters.
How can I modify it so that the Ghost portion is loaded and also the ATI
Control
Panel?
Thanks

Would I also have to change C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton
Ghost\
to
C:\Progra~1\Norton~1\Norton~1\Norton~1 because Norton Ghost is the second
Norton
folder under the Norton SystemWorks Directory?
Just curious because I thought that if a name was over 8 characters in DOS,
you
needed to encase it in quotation marks.
Thanks for the reply to my original question.


This is an interesting one. It certainly threw me a first. Remember that
the SET command creates system literals. I don't know if I can verbalize
it, but instead of handling an argument from the command line to a program,
the system is directly handling a literal value. I don't know if that is
even in the ballpark but I would appreciate commentary on the
accuracy/inaccuracy of my comment.


FACE

Don't know.
I just changed my config.sys to put the DOS=HIGH,UMB second in line instead of
third.
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
(PS: I also just added NOEMS to that line;ie: before it just read
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE)

I also changed the :
DEVICE=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS /D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V to load high as I had it set to
load high in autoexec.bat so that it would match up (LH
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:10)DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS
/D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V
and now I no longer receive the 'too many parameters' error.

I don't know which one did the trick, but perhaps later, I will undo one change
at a time to see if I can recreate the problem.

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:15:06 GMT, "Buffalo"
in microsoft.public.win98.performance wrote:


"FACE" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:49:03 GMT, "Buffalo"
in microsoft.public.win98.performance wrote:


"Bert Kinney" wrote in message
...
Hi Buffalo,

Remove the two " in the path statement.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

"Buffalo" wrote
My path command is:
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;"C:\Program Files\Norton
SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\";C:\PROGRA~1\ATITEC~1\ATICON~1
and it causes an error : Too many parameters.
How can I modify it so that the Ghost portion is loaded and also the ATI
Control
Panel?
Thanks

Would I also have to change C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton
Ghost\
to
C:\Progra~1\Norton~1\Norton~1\Norton~1 because Norton Ghost is the second
Norton
folder under the Norton SystemWorks Directory?
Just curious because I thought that if a name was over 8 characters in DOS,
you
needed to encase it in quotation marks.
Thanks for the reply to my original question.


This is an interesting one. It certainly threw me a first. Remember that
the SET command creates system literals. I don't know if I can verbalize
it, but instead of handling an argument from the command line to a program,
the system is directly handling a literal value. I don't know if that is
even in the ballpark but I would appreciate commentary on the
accuracy/inaccuracy of my comment.


FACE

Don't know.
I just changed my config.sys to put the DOS=HIGH,UMB second in line instead of
third.
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
(PS: I also just added NOEMS to that line;ie: before it just read
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE)

I also changed the :
DEVICE=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS /D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V to load high as I had it set to
load high in autoexec.bat so that it would match up (LH
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:10)DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS
/D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V
and now I no longer receive the 'too many parameters' error.

I don't know which one did the trick, but perhaps later, I will undo one change
at a time to see if I can recreate the problem.


:-) If you go into DOS and find that your PATH is truncated, go to a
second line and set up the first argument past the function PATH as a
variable named PATH, as in: PATH %PATH%;
The semi-colon following the variable is a necessary part of it.

If you need a particularly large path, I understand that it can be set up in
config.sys for some 1/2k though I have never done that.

Good to see that you are using your upper memory blocks.

FACE

Bill says that 640K ought to be enough for anybody.

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:15:06 GMT, "Buffalo"
in microsoft.public.win98.performance wrote:


"FACE" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:49:03 GMT, "Buffalo"
in microsoft.public.win98.performance wrote:


"Bert Kinney" wrote in message
...
Hi Buffalo,

Remove the two " in the path statement.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

"Buffalo" wrote
My path command is:
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;"C:\Program Files\Norton
SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\";C:\PROGRA~1\ATITEC~1\ATICON~1
and it causes an error : Too many parameters.
How can I modify it so that the Ghost portion is loaded and also the ATI
Control
Panel?
Thanks

Would I also have to change C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton
Ghost\
to
C:\Progra~1\Norton~1\Norton~1\Norton~1 because Norton Ghost is the second
Norton
folder under the Norton SystemWorks Directory?
Just curious because I thought that if a name was over 8 characters in DOS,
you
needed to encase it in quotation marks.
Thanks for the reply to my original question.


This is an interesting one. It certainly threw me a first. Remember that
the SET command creates system literals. I don't know if I can verbalize
it, but instead of handling an argument from the command line to a program,
the system is directly handling a literal value. I don't know if that is
even in the ballpark but I would appreciate commentary on the
accuracy/inaccuracy of my comment.


FACE

Don't know.
I just changed my config.sys to put the DOS=HIGH,UMB second in line instead of
third.
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
(PS: I also just added NOEMS to that line;ie: before it just read
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE)

I also changed the :
DEVICE=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS /D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V to load high as I had it set to
load high in autoexec.bat so that it would match up (LH
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:10)DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS
/D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V
and now I no longer receive the 'too many parameters' error.

I don't know which one did the trick, but perhaps later, I will undo one change
at a time to see if I can recreate the problem.


:-) If you go into DOS and find that your PATH is truncated, go to a
second line and set up the first argument past the function PATH as a
variable named PATH, as in: PATH %PATH%;
The semi-colon following the variable is a necessary part of it.

If you need a particularly large path, I understand that it can be set up in
config.sys for some 1/2k though I have never done that.

Good to see that you are using your upper memory blocks.

FACE

Bill says that 640K ought to be enough for anybody.

Why are you loading DOS drivers for the CD-ROM drive, for use in Windows? Unless
your CD-ROM drive is ancient, you should let Windows load its protected mode driver.
Loading real mode drivers is likely putting the CD drive in DOS compatibility mode,
reducing its performance in Windows.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Buffalo" wrote in message
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"FACE" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:49:03 GMT, "Buffalo"
in microsoft.public.win98.performance wrote:


"Bert Kinney" wrote in message
...
Hi Buffalo,

Remove the two " in the path statement.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

"Buffalo" wrote
My path command is:
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;"C:\Program Files\Norton
SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\";C:\PROGRA~1\ATITEC~1\ATICON~1
and it causes an error : Too many parameters.
How can I modify it so that the Ghost portion is loaded and also the ATI
Control
Panel?
Thanks

Would I also have to change C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton
Ghost\
to
C:\Progra~1\Norton~1\Norton~1\Norton~1 because Norton Ghost is the second
Norton
folder under the Norton SystemWorks Directory?
Just curious because I thought that if a name was over 8 characters in DOS,
you
needed to encase it in quotation marks.
Thanks for the reply to my original question.


This is an interesting one. It certainly threw me a first. Remember that
the SET command creates system literals. I don't know if I can verbalize
it, but instead of handling an argument from the command line to a program,
the system is directly handling a literal value. I don't know if that is
even in the ballpark but I would appreciate commentary on the
accuracy/inaccuracy of my comment.


FACE

Don't know.
I just changed my config.sys to put the DOS=HIGH,UMB second in line instead of
third.
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
(PS: I also just added NOEMS to that line;ie: before it just read
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE)

I also changed the :
DEVICE=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS /D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V to load high as I had it set to
load high in autoexec.bat so that it would match up (LH
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:10)DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS
/D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V
and now I no longer receive the 'too many parameters' error.

I don't know which one did the trick, but perhaps later, I will undo one change
at a time to see if I can recreate the problem.

Why are you loading DOS drivers for the CD-ROM drive, for use in Windows? Unless
your CD-ROM drive is ancient, you should let Windows load its protected mode driver.
Loading real mode drivers is likely putting the CD drive in DOS compatibility mode,
reducing its performance in Windows.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Buffalo" wrote in message
news:_NOpd.101874$5K2.40932@attbi_s03...

"FACE" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:49:03 GMT, "Buffalo"
in microsoft.public.win98.performance wrote:


"Bert Kinney" wrote in message
...
Hi Buffalo,

Remove the two " in the path statement.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

"Buffalo" wrote
My path command is:
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;"C:\Program Files\Norton
SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\";C:\PROGRA~1\ATITEC~1\ATICON~1
and it causes an error : Too many parameters.
How can I modify it so that the Ghost portion is loaded and also the ATI
Control
Panel?
Thanks

Would I also have to change C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton
Ghost\
to
C:\Progra~1\Norton~1\Norton~1\Norton~1 because Norton Ghost is the second
Norton
folder under the Norton SystemWorks Directory?
Just curious because I thought that if a name was over 8 characters in DOS,
you
needed to encase it in quotation marks.
Thanks for the reply to my original question.


This is an interesting one. It certainly threw me a first. Remember that
the SET command creates system literals. I don't know if I can verbalize
it, but instead of handling an argument from the command line to a program,
the system is directly handling a literal value. I don't know if that is
even in the ballpark but I would appreciate commentary on the
accuracy/inaccuracy of my comment.


FACE

Don't know.
I just changed my config.sys to put the DOS=HIGH,UMB second in line instead of
third.
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
(PS: I also just added NOEMS to that line;ie: before it just read
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE)

I also changed the :
DEVICE=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS /D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V to load high as I had it set to
load high in autoexec.bat so that it would match up (LH
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:10)DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS
/D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V
and now I no longer receive the 'too many parameters' error.

I don't know which one did the trick, but perhaps later, I will undo one change
at a time to see if I can recreate the problem.

"FACE" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:15:06 GMT, "Buffalo"

in microsoft.public.win98.performance wrote:


"FACE" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:49:03 GMT, "Buffalo"

in microsoft.public.win98.performance wrote:


"Bert Kinney" wrote in message
...
Hi Buffalo,

Remove the two " in the path statement.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

"Buffalo" wrote
My path command is:
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;"C:\Program Files\Norton
SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\";C:\PROGRA~1\ATITEC~1\ATICON~1
and it causes an error : Too many parameters.
How can I modify it so that the Ghost portion is loaded and also
the ATI
Control
Panel?
Thanks

Would I also have to change C:\Program Files\Norton
SystemWorks\Norton
Ghost\
to
C:\Progra~1\Norton~1\Norton~1\Norton~1 because Norton Ghost is the
second
Norton
folder under the Norton SystemWorks Directory?
Just curious because I thought that if a name was over 8 characters in
DOS,
you
needed to encase it in quotation marks.
Thanks for the reply to my original question.


This is an interesting one. It certainly threw me a first. Remember
that
the SET command creates system literals. I don't know if I can
verbalize
it, but instead of handling an argument from the command line to a
program,
the system is directly handling a literal value. I don't know if that
is
even in the ballpark but I would appreciate commentary on the
accuracy/inaccuracy of my comment.


FACE

Don't know.
I just changed my config.sys to put the DOS=HIGH,UMB second in line
instead of
third.
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
(PS: I also just added NOEMS to that line;ie: before it just read
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE)

I also changed the :
DEVICE=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS /D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V to load high as I had it
set to
load high in autoexec.bat so that it would match up (LH
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001
/M:10)DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS
/D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V
and now I no longer receive the 'too many parameters' error.

I don't know which one did the trick, but perhaps later, I will undo one
change
at a time to see if I can recreate the problem.


:-) If you go into DOS and find that your PATH is truncated, go to a
second line and set up the first argument past the function PATH as a
variable named PATH, as in: PATH %PATH%;
The semi-colon following the variable is a necessary part of it.

If you need a particularly large path, I understand that it can be set up
in
config.sys for some 1/2k though I have never done that.

Good to see that you are using your upper memory blocks.

FACE

Bill says that 640K ought to be enough for anybody.

"FACE" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:15:06 GMT, "Buffalo"

in microsoft.public.win98.performance wrote:


"FACE" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:49:03 GMT, "Buffalo"

in microsoft.public.win98.performance wrote:


"Bert Kinney" wrote in message
...
Hi Buffalo,

Remove the two " in the path statement.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

"Buffalo" wrote
My path command is:
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;"C:\Program Files\Norton
SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\";C:\PROGRA~1\ATITEC~1\ATICON~1
and it causes an error : Too many parameters.
How can I modify it so that the Ghost portion is loaded and also
the ATI
Control
Panel?
Thanks

Would I also have to change C:\Program Files\Norton
SystemWorks\Norton
Ghost\
to
C:\Progra~1\Norton~1\Norton~1\Norton~1 because Norton Ghost is the
second
Norton
folder under the Norton SystemWorks Directory?
Just curious because I thought that if a name was over 8 characters in
DOS,
you
needed to encase it in quotation marks.
Thanks for the reply to my original question.


This is an interesting one. It certainly threw me a first. Remember
that
the SET command creates system literals. I don't know if I can
verbalize
it, but instead of handling an argument from the command line to a
program,
the system is directly handling a literal value. I don't know if that
is
even in the ballpark but I would appreciate commentary on the
accuracy/inaccuracy of my comment.


FACE

Don't know.
I just changed my config.sys to put the DOS=HIGH,UMB second in line
instead of
third.
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
(PS: I also just added NOEMS to that line;ie: before it just read
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE)

I also changed the :
DEVICE=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS /D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V to load high as I had it
set to
load high in autoexec.bat so that it would match up (LH
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001
/M:10)DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS
/D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V
and now I no longer receive the 'too many parameters' error.

I don't know which one did the trick, but perhaps later, I will undo one
change
at a time to see if I can recreate the problem.


:-) If you go into DOS and find that your PATH is truncated, go to a
second line and set up the first argument past the function PATH as a
variable named PATH, as in: PATH %PATH%;
The semi-colon following the variable is a necessary part of it.

If you need a particularly large path, I understand that it can be set up
in
config.sys for some 1/2k though I have never done that.

Good to see that you are using your upper memory blocks.

FACE

Bill says that 640K ought to be enough for anybody.

"FACE" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:49:03 GMT, "Buffalo"

in microsoft.public.win98.performance wrote:


"Bert Kinney" wrote in message
...
Hi Buffalo,

Remove the two " in the path statement.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

"Buffalo" wrote
My path command is:
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;"C:\Program Files\Norton
SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\";C:\PROGRA~1\ATITEC~1\ATICON~1
and it causes an error : Too many parameters.
How can I modify it so that the Ghost portion is loaded and also the
ATI
Control
Panel?
Thanks

Would I also have to change C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton
Ghost\
to
C:\Progra~1\Norton~1\Norton~1\Norton~1 because Norton Ghost is the second
Norton
folder under the Norton SystemWorks Directory?
Just curious because I thought that if a name was over 8 characters in
DOS, you
needed to encase it in quotation marks.
Thanks for the reply to my original question.


This is an interesting one. It certainly threw me a first. Remember that
the SET command creates system literals.

Wouldn't call them that. They are not like the transparent DEC Symbols used
by VMS.

I don't know if I can verbalize
it, but instead of handling an argument from the command line to a
program,
the system is directly handling a literal value. I don't know if that is
even in the ballpark but I would appreciate commentary on the
accuracy/inaccuracy of my comment.

The SET command simply stores the text string in the environment and
associates the label with it. The program MUST explicitly ask the system
to get the value.



FACE

"FACE" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:49:03 GMT, "Buffalo"

in microsoft.public.win98.performance wrote:


"Bert Kinney" wrote in message
...
Hi Buffalo,

Remove the two " in the path statement.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

"Buffalo" wrote
My path command is:
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;"C:\Program Files\Norton
SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\";C:\PROGRA~1\ATITEC~1\ATICON~1
and it causes an error : Too many parameters.
How can I modify it so that the Ghost portion is loaded and also the
ATI
Control
Panel?
Thanks

Would I also have to change C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton
Ghost\
to
C:\Progra~1\Norton~1\Norton~1\Norton~1 because Norton Ghost is the second
Norton
folder under the Norton SystemWorks Directory?
Just curious because I thought that if a name was over 8 characters in
DOS, you
needed to encase it in quotation marks.
Thanks for the reply to my original question.


This is an interesting one. It certainly threw me a first. Remember that
the SET command creates system literals.

Wouldn't call them that. They are not like the transparent DEC Symbols used
by VMS.

I don't know if I can verbalize
it, but instead of handling an argument from the command line to a
program,
the system is directly handling a literal value. I don't know if that is
even in the ballpark but I would appreciate commentary on the
accuracy/inaccuracy of my comment.

The SET command simply stores the text string in the environment and
associates the label with it. The program MUST explicitly ask the system
to get the value.



FACE

I think that Buffalo was being a little TIC over it.
I know I was, besides being accurate to the best of my memory G.
Looks like we opened the door and found 1994 again.
I started to ask him if he had run memmaker first.

On the other hand, maybe he does need his CD-ROM on the DOS platform (though
I can not remember accessing it under DOS), but also, just like I wrote a
simple batch file for TRANSPARENT.EXE, sometimes old habits die hard.


FACE

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 22:05:50 -0500, "glee" in
microsoft.public.win98.performance wrote:

Why are you loading DOS drivers for the CD-ROM drive, for use in Windows? Unless
your CD-ROM drive is ancient, you should let Windows load its protected mode driver.
Loading real mode drivers is likely putting the CD drive in DOS compatibility mode,
reducing its performance in Windows.