MemMaker Converts Some Variables to Drive Letters (95560)



The information in this article applies to:
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22

This article was previously published under Q95560

SYMPTOMS

When you set an environment variable in the Autoexec.bat file and then use it to run a program, MemMaker converts the environment variable to its true name.

For example, if your Autoexec.bat file contains these lines before you run MemMaker:
   set xdrive=d
   %xdrive%:\dos\doskey
they are converted to:
   set xdrive=d
   lh /l:xxxx  d:\dos\doskey

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, either do not set environment variables to drive letters or directories, or modify your Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files after you run MemMaker.

Modification Type: Major Last Reviewed: 11/13/2000
Keywords: KB95560