Message-ID: <30C9E24891FFD411B68A009027724CB744342D@eg-002-015.eglin.af.mil> From: Keen Wayne A Contr AFRL/MNGG To: "'djgpp AT delorie DOT com'" Subject: FW: Re: Very Important Question Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 14:50:04 -0500 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com I apologize for my rank stupidity in forgetting to set things to keep MIME out of things. This may be more readable: > -----Original Message----- > From: Keen Wayne A Contr AFRL/MNGG > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 12:44 PM > To: 'djgpp AT delorie DOT com' > Subject: Re: Very Important Question > > "Where did you get the (false) idea that rebooting is needed? > A simple set command and/or a path command handles it quite nicely" > > Well, if you change the autoexec.bat, as is recommended in places, and you > are using > Win9X, Windows will tell you that you need to reboot for the changes to > take effect. So that > is where I got the idea. NT/2000/XP does not require a reboot to do the > same thing. > > Yes, if you change things more locally, with commands as you mention, you > can do > things without the need to reboot. That is most cetainly true. > > Have a great day, > Wayne Keen >