DOCUMENT:Q102410  04-AUG-1993  [W_NT]
TITLE   :How to Change Windows NT's Environment Size
PRODUCT :Windows NT
PROD/VER:3.10
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Windows NT operating system, version 3.1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1
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COMMAND.COM has a limit for environment size. You can change the size
by adding the following command line into the CONFIG.NT file
 
   shell=%systemroot%\system32\command.com /p /e:size
 
where "size" is the maximum length in bytes you want COMMAND.COM to
allocate for each program. The default is 256 bytes and the maximum is
32K.
 
Additional reference words: 3.10
KBCategory:
KBSubCategory: MDOS WINNT HOWTO

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