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Wes wrote:
> 
> 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?

Use the subst command.  Avoid directories with long names and/or
spaces in their names like the plague they are.  In W98 I have the
following in autoexec.bat (which has to use the 8.3 names):

Rem shorten paths
subst x: c:\util
subst v: c:\progra~1\micros~3
subst u: c:\windows\applic~1

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