When you use an MS-DOS environment variable (such as %VARIABLE%) as a
command-line option when you run a program (such as Notepad), you may
receive the following message:
Cannot find the %VARIABLE%.txt file.
Do you want to create a new file?
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Windows 95 interprets the environment variable as a file name because the
percent (%) character is a valid character in a long file name in Windows
95.
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To work around this behavior, use any of the following methods:
| • | Use the following method to start the program:
| 1. | Click the Start button, and then click Run. | | 2. | Type the following command in the Open box
command.com /c <program.exe> %<variable>%
where <program.exe> is the program you want to run and <variable>
is the environment variable you want to use. |
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| • | Create an MS-DOS batch file that starts the program with the command-
line variable set to the appropriate MS-DOS environment variable. Then,
create a shortcut to the batch file and use the shortcut to start the
program.
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| • | Start an MS-DOS session and type the command at the command prompt.
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