From: "David May" Organization: Albuquerque T-VI To: bas AT merlin DOT ebicom DOT net Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 15:21:20 -0700 Subject: Re: Enviorment problems CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Message-ID: > DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS > DOS=HIGH,UMB > DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE I=B000-B7FF > FILES=30 > BUFFERS=20 > STACKS=0,0 > FCBS=1 > DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\MOUSE.SYS > DEVICEHIGH=C:\PBTOOLS\CR_ATAPI.SYS /D:MSCD0001 In your config.sys, put this: shell=c:\command.com /p /e:2048 The /p tells the system to make this shell a permanent one (exit doesn't return) and /e tells it to extend the available environment space. The default without this statement is 128, 256 K (I don't remember which?) which is pretty low. > Thanks a bunch You're welcome a bunch :-) Good luck! David May, ID Card Administrator Albuquerque TVI