From: "Jeremiah Zanin" <jzanin AT cs DOT unm DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP environment variable and windows XP (I'm sorry...)
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OK, I found it.  Sheesh...

There's "AUTOEXEC.NT" and "CONFIG.NT" in the system32 directory which, I
guess, get used when command.com is run (or an msdos app??).  I think this
is how it works: Environment variables are first inherited from the system,
then AUTOEXEC.NT is run and the environment variables are overwritten with
the ones in AUTOEXEC.NT.

"Jeremiah Zanin" <jzanin AT cs DOT unm DOT edu> wrote in message
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> I'm sure this question has been asked many times, but I didn't find my
exact
> problem in the archives.  Ok, I started using Djgpp way back when but
> haven't touched in a long time.  Now I have XP and I'm aware of the
> issues....but when I run gcc it says:
>
> C:\>gcc
> Fatal:  Error in DJGPP instalation
>         Environment variable DJGPP point to file 'D:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV',
>         which does not exist
>
> However, I type "set" and DJGPP points to:
>
> DJGPP=E:\My Stuff\Software\Programming\Djgpp
>
> My old installation was in D:\DJGPP, but I renamed that directory.  I
REM'd
> out my autoexec.bat and set the environment variable through the advanced
> system properties (and restarted my computer numerous times).  Now where
in
> the heck is it finding the DJGPP environment variable???  I also searched
> through the registry and all my drives so see if it was getting set some
> other way.....I'm stumped, how can the DJGPP environment variable still
> point to the old place eventhough "set" says it points to the correct one?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jeremiah Zanin
>
>