Article: Q105187
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22
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SYMPTOMS
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MS-DOS Editor may stop responding (hang) if the MS-DOS environment is too small.
RESOLUTION
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To correct this problem, edit your CONFIG.SYS file (using a text editor other
than MS-DOS Editor) to increase the value specified by the /E parameter on your
SHELL command. For example:
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /E:4096 /P
This sets the size of your MS-DOS environment to 4096 bytes.
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MS-DOS version 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0,
6.2, 6.21. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: 6.22 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20
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Keywords :
Technology : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS500a
Version : MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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