When system boots get msg "too many paramaters" win98

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~A_Sammy

Hi,

Can anybody tell me where this message is coming from and how to stop it
from appearing on the screen during boot?

It sits there for a few seconds and then the boot continues and finishes
fine.

Thanks,

Sammy
 
Hi,

Can anybody tell me where this message is coming from and how to stop it
from appearing on the screen during boot?

It sits there for a few seconds and then the boot continues and finishes
fine.
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It'll be an entry in either the config.sys or autoexec.bat
 
Thanks,
I did a step by step boot and
It returned the error msg when it processed the:
set path = etc, etc, etc. line.

I ran msconfig but couldn't find anything in config.sys and autoexec is
turned off, I also opened system.ini in the widowes folder, but couldn't
find anything about the path there either.

How do you edit the set=path function?, and is it safe to do so?

Thanks,
Sammy
 
Hey, it's fixed. A google search gave me this:
Open the AUTOEXEC.BAT file and add or change the PATH statement as follows:
1.. Start the system editor. Choose "Start", "Run" and enter sysedit, then
click OK. The system editor starts up with several windows showing. Go to
the window that is displaying AUTOEXEC.BAT.
2.. Look for the PATH statement. (If you don't have one, add one.) If
you're not sure where to add the path, add it to the right end of the PATH.
For example, in the following PATH statement, the AUTOEXEC.BAT directory has
been added at the right end:
PATH = C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\BIN
Capitalization doesn't matter. The PATH can be a series of directories
separated by semi-colons (;). Microsoft Windows searches for programs in the
PATH directories in order, from left to right. You should only have one bin
directory under C: in the path at a time (those following the first are
ignored).
3.. Restart the computer
 
~A_Sammy said:
Thanks,
I did a step by step boot and
It returned the error msg when it processed the:
set path = etc, etc, etc. line.

I ran msconfig but couldn't find anything in config.sys and autoexec is
turned off, I also opened system.ini in the widowes folder, but couldn't
find anything about the path there either.

How do you edit the set=path function?, and is it safe to do so?
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Can't remember Win98 specifically, but it is something like
Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Advanced/Environment Variables. You can
find and edit path from there. It's somewhat safe, like anything else, when
you know what you're doing. What was the last thing you did before you
started getting the error? Right off the top of my head, I'd say you
installed something, and you've already got a lot of stuff installed that
put a lot of stuff in your path. Or, there was some program install bug or
uninstall bug that left your path too long. If you don't want to edit the
path yourself, you can uninstall some stuff you're no longer using and hope
the path gets shorter. If you are having any errors with any programs, that
would give a clue as to what it is. Alternatively, it could be that that
path is not too long, but in fact the syntax isn't right. Maybe when the
path is edited correctly (with semicolons etc) it looks like one parameter,
which "set path=" expects. If there is a space or some character that
doesn't belong, then it looks like multiple parameters to Windows.
 
Thanks,
I did a step by step boot and
It returned the error msg when it processed the:
set path = etc, etc, etc. line.

I ran msconfig but couldn't find anything in config.sys and autoexec is
turned off, I also opened system.ini in the widowes folder, but couldn't
find anything about the path there either.

How do you edit the set=path function?, and is it safe to do so?

Thanks,
Sammy
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Win9X does not need the Autoexec.bat/Config.sys files to run.
Rename the files to
Autoexec.old
Config.old
and re-boot.
If any programs or functions don't work then research the correct
lines.
HTH :)



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