WinME trouble

merry · Mar 20, 2003, 06:24 AM

A friend of mine was trying to setup a proggy that needs an environment variable set, under WinME. It appears that it cannot be done... adding a "set variable=value" in autoexec doesn't work. Doing the same with msconfig doesn't work either.

The line appears in both autoexec and msconfig (environment tab, and it's checked), but the variable is never set, the "set" command (under MSDOS prompt) doesn't show it. And, of course, the man's proggy doesn't work.

Anybody seen something like this, is there any solution?

Any help would be much apreciated!

Thanks

~~Crash Override~~ · Mar 20, 2003, 06:44 AM

try setting it up so it somewhat resembles this

SET PATH=%PATH%;%JAVAHOME%\BIN

PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\JDK\BIN;

merry · Mar 20, 2003, 11:11 AM

Thanks, tried that.

The guy worked it out... He edited autoexec, restarted in safe mode, then restarted normal, and it worked. Strange, huh?

I believe it's because of some "tweaks", although he sais it isn't.

~~Crash Override~~ · Mar 20, 2003, 11:29 AM

That is pretty strange...ah well thats the 9x kernel for ya

Mar 20, 2003, 06:24 AM	#1
merry gargouille Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha Posts: 962 Rep Power: 0	WinME trouble A friend of mine was trying to setup a proggy that needs an environment variable set, under WinME. It appears that it cannot be done... adding a "set variable=value" in autoexec doesn't work. Doing the same with msconfig doesn't work either. The line appears in both autoexec and msconfig (environment tab, and it's checked), but the variable is never set, the "set" command (under MSDOS prompt) doesn't show it. And, of course, the man's proggy doesn't work. Anybody seen something like this, is there any solution? Any help would be much apreciated! Thanks __________________ There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn't. ~~Leonard Cohen

Mar 20, 2003, 11:11 AM	Thread Starter #3
merry gargouille Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha Posts: 962 Rep Power: 0	Thanks, tried that. The guy worked it out... He edited autoexec, restarted in safe mode, then restarted normal, and it worked. Strange, huh? I believe it's because of some "tweaks", although he sais it isn't. __________________ There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn't. ~~Leonard Cohen

Mar 20, 2003, 06:44 AM	#2
~~Crash Override~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 2,448 Rep Power: 0	try setting it up so it somewhat resembles this SET PATH=%PATH%;%JAVAHOME%\BIN PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\JDK\BIN;

Mar 20, 2003, 11:29 AM	#4
~~Crash Override~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 2,448 Rep Power: 0	That is pretty strange...ah well thats the 9x kernel for ya