From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
Message-Id: <10212290541.AA21924@clio.rice.edu>
Subject: Re: XP command.com problem
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Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 23:41:54 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <001301c2aee4$e61138a0$0100a8c0@p4> from "Andrew Cottrell" at Dec 29, 2002 01:48:54 PM
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> I have screwed up my XP box somehow and now I cannot set some environment
> variables needed to build DJGPP. I have tried a number of changes and I seem
> to have made it worse.
> 
> Until I get the XP command prompt working again I will not be able to
> contribute very much. The cmd prompt also has some problems. I re-installed
> SP1 and it made no improvemtns I could see. I have tried to search google
> and I only found out how to change the enviroment space in three different
> places instead of the one I used previously.

Check the task list for NTVDM.EXE - kill them all.

Try a minimal setup - just set DJGPP and PATH, nothing else (no
prompt, nothing else) and see if it sticks.  Try it under
CMD.  (I use CMD.EXE exclusively).

Check your CONFIG.NT for things which might cause flakey stuff.