It doesn't appear that MSCONFIG is available on Windows XP... is it available on any NT-based platform, or is it a Windows 95/98/Me utility?
Harold
Carey Barnett wrote:
Guys,
I just spend an hour or so installing XFree86/Cygwin with WindowMaker - works great, by the way - and I discovered an oddity. I'm certain this is a Windows/DOS issue, but here it is:
This line in startxwin.bat can cause problems depending on the original contents of the PATH variable:
SET PATH=.;%CYGWIN_ROOT%\bin;%CYGWIN_ROOT%\usr\X11R6\bin;%PATH%
...here's why:
Some programs insert their directory into the PATH variable using the long file name (C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1\bin for example), and some use the 8.3 DOS format (C:\PROGRA~1\ULTRAE~1). The DOS shell, when it expands the variable, %PATH%, leaves the spaces in the name, and the SET command thinks you've just given it an extra parameter. The solution is to change the base PATH in Windows to use the short, DOS 8.3 form (C:\PROGRA~1\Java\j2re1.4.1\bin in our case). You want to run the MSCONFIG command to do this.
I hope this helps someone.
Carey
