Subject: RE: Win32 NT feature that may cause problems. CORRECTION
From: Earnie Boyd <[email-masked]>
To: Kevin Schnitzius <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked], cygwin users <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 09:33:20 -0700 (PDT)

Thanks, Kevin.  I'll restate this problem.  

If the shortcut is started from the Desktop there isn't a problem.  If the
shortcut is started from the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar then the problem
exists.

Earnie.

--- Kevin Schnitzius <[email-masked]> wrote:
> How are you invoking the short cut?
> 
> I am unable to reproduce this behavior using desktop short cuts...
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> 		-----Original Message-----
> 		From:	Earnie Boyd [mailto:[email-masked]]
> 		Sent:	Monday, April 17, 2000 10:24
> 		To:	[email-masked]; cygwin users
> 		Subject:	Win32 NT feature that may cause problems.
> 
> 		I've discovered that if I add a new Environment Variable via
> the System
> 		application of the Control Panel and I have a shortcut to an
> executable the
> 		process does _not_ contain the newly created variable.  If I
> start the process
> 		by hand it _does_ contain the newly created variable.
> 
> 		The solution:
> 
> 		1) Reboot.
> 		2) Cause the shortcut to be modified.  When the shortcut is
> updated the newly
> 		created variable will be contained.
> 
> 		I am using WinNT 4 sp4.
> 
> 
> 
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