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Subject: Re: Bad command or file name error
Date: 9 Mar 2002 17:11:33 GMT
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"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in
news:4634-Fri08Mar2002200703+0200-eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il: 

>> From: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
>> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
>> Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 09:56:46 CST
>> 
>> > I am getting the following when I run a program from the DOS prompt
>> > under Windows XP
>> > " Bad command or file name error  "
>> 
>> Yes, it's always does that the first time it creates the NTVDM for
>> that window.
> 
> Right, my observation exactly.
> 

and it is not even isolated to djgpp related commands. even mem produces 
this symptom on my win xp pro.

a related issue is illustrated by

C:\Documents and Settings\asu1>mem
Bad command or file name
Bad command or file name

<mem output snipped>

C:\DOCUME~1\asu1>

notice how the prompt changed to reflect the short name of 
C:\Documents and Settings.

i don't care very much, but i am still curious. any ideas?

Sinan.