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Thanks for the quick response. I am still wondering what caused the path to come out with the duplication. There maybe something in the start up files that are appending. &nbsp;This is a new HP computer with a lot if software that came with it. I guess I don't have to worry about it.<br />

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Thanks for the quick response. I am still wondering what caused the path to come out with the duplication. There maybe something in the start up files that are appending.  This is a new HP computer with a lot if software that came with it. I guess I don't have to worry about it.


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My autoexec.bat Windows 98 file has for the path:<br />
path C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMM<wbr />AND<br />
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But when I read the path I get:<br />
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PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS<wbr />;C:\WINDOW<wbr />S\COMMAND;<wbr />C:\WINDOWS<wbr />;C:\WINDOW<wbr />S\COMMAND;<wbr /><br />
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What is causing all this duplication? Is it needed?<br />
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I want to add to the path when I go to a DOS window, but I wonder if the path will get too long.<br />
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Can I just restate a new path with<br />
C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMM<wbr />AND plus what I want to add, instead of using the path append method (using %path%)?
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My autoexec.bat Windows 98 file has for the path:
path C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND

But when I read the path I get:

PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;

What is causing all this duplication? Is it needed?

I want to add to the path when I go to a DOS window, but I wonder if the path will get too long.

Can I just restate a new path with
C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND plus what I want to add, instead of using the path append method (using %path%)?

Why duplication in my path?

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