Date:	Mon, 7 May 2001 09:18:53 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Johan Venter <jventer AT writeme DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Installation Problem?
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On Mon, 7 May 2001, Johan Venter wrote:

> | Windows ME ignores AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS almost entirely, so
> | setting enviroment variables through AUTOEXEC.BAT only half works, and
> | doing anything else beyond setting enviroment variables doesn't work
> | at all.
> 
> I'm not sure that that was the problem he's having, Eli

I'm not sure, either.  However, the solution I suggested did work
(I've got a private email from the OP telling that).

> (btw, hello again, i haven't been here for a while as you may have
> noticed :-)).

Welcome back ;-)

> could you please detail exactly what you've typed in your system
> config utility?

I think he simply followed the zip-picker instructions, which don't
mention msconfig, they only mention CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.

> ME works fine with the DJGPP variable if you define it in
> there

That's true, but IMHO messing with msconfig is too complicated to
advise users as the primary means of installing DJGPP.  The method I
suggested is much simpler, and it will be still more simple if we
modify setdjgpp.bat (from djdevNNN.zip) to add %DJDIR%/bin to PATH.

Btw, does Windows ME have the ability to modify enviroment variables
from the Control Panel, like NT and W2K?  If so, does the new value
becomes effective immediately, or is a reboot still needed?

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