DOCUMENT:Q107369  29-NOV-1993  [W_NT]
TITLE   :DocErr: The Os2LibPath Variable Requires "Set" to Change
PRODUCT :Windows NT
PROD/VER:3.10
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:BUGLIST 3.10

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
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SYMPTOMS
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Page 321 of the Microsoft Windows NT System Guide states the following:

   "At the command prompt, you can change the library path for OS/2
   applications by using the "Os2libpath" command."

This is a documentation error. The "Os2libpath" command must be used with
the "Set" command in order change the environment variable settings. Using
the "Set" command in an MS-DOS VDM only changes the variable in that
particular MS-DOS VDM.

RESOLUTION
==========

To "permanently" change the "Os2libpath" variable, use the Set command
dialog button in the System icon of Control Panel. Even using this, it will
only append the change to the default system "Os2libpath" which is
%SystemRoot%\system32\os2\dll. The default System path itself cannot be
changed.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

For more information about the Windows NT operating system, query on the
following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   environment and variable and Windows and NT

Additional reference words: 3.10 libpath os/2libpath
KBCategory:
KBSubCategory: os2ap

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