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From:	"Wes" <wingalls AT ucsd DOT edu>
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Subject:	The system cannot execute the specified program
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I'm getting this error whenever I run my program from a path that is longer 
than 64 characters. From what I have been able to find through Google is 
that this is the expected behavior for 16-bit applications 
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q241712/). The Microsoft page, however, 
does not mention if "16-bit Program" means a16-bit dos program or a16-bit 
windows program.

DJGPP is a 32-bit compiler, so does the compiled executable count as a 
32-bit program? Does windows treat all dos programs as 16-bit? Is there a 
way to flag the compiler to tell windows to treat it as a 32-bit program?

Has anyone else seen this problem? What kind of work arounds have you found?

- Wes

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