That may be true; haven't tried that. Good clue.
Cheers!
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Zhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]Java path in Win2K
> If you set a variable in system applet, you do not
> need to reboot. You just
> need to close and reopen the application.
>
> Bing
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Galbreath
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 6/29/01 2:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [OT]Java path in Win2K
>
> I've run W2K since the beta 1 release and if you set
> an env variable in
> the
> command prompt, it's immediately available for
> applications using the
> same
> instance of the command prompt. Open another window
> and you do not have
> access to the variable. Set it in the system applet
> and you have to
> reboot
> before it's available because the variables only get
> loaded into system
> memory on start-up. Why do you think Microsoft forces
> you to reboot
> after
> installing software?
>
> Cheers!
> Mark
>
>
>
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