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Path in Autoexec.bat
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 |
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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 |
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Path in Autoexec.bat
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 |
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"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. |
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Path in Autoexec.bat
"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. |
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DOS simply does not support file names greater than 8 characters.
"Buffalo" wrote in message news:3FMpd.671955$8_6.414716@attbi_s04... "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. |
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Path in Autoexec.bat
DOS simply does not support file names greater than 8 characters.
"Buffalo" wrote in message news:3FMpd.671955$8_6.414716@attbi_s04... "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. |
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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 ... 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 |
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Path in Autoexec.bat
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 |
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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. |
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