Microsoft KB Archive/70061

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Invalid Set Temp Directory Name Example in User's Guide

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Q70061

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a

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On page 538 of the &quot;Microsoft Windows User's Guide,&quot; for version 3.0 contains the following example of the set temp directory variable:

  set temp=c:\tempfiles This example is incorrect. This is a nine character directory name; MS-DOS has a limit of eight characters.

This error does not occur in later versions of Microsoft Windows.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a docerr

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin300 kbWin300a