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- 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
- ========
-
- 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
- ======
-
- 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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