Set a global environmental variable like so:

comspec=c:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe /e:2048

This should work both for WinNT & Win2000.

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> Hello,
>
> I have a 16 bit Program (VC 1.52) which at startup reports
> the error "Not enough space for environment" when started on
> Windows NT. On Windows 2000 the application does not report
> any erroe message but immediately exits.
>
> The problem can be resolved by deleting some environment variables,
> but this is not a solution for my case (I have no control about the number
> of environment variables used by a customer). After digging around in the
> startup code, it seems to me that the error occures when InitTask() is
> called.
> Strange is that InitTask() does not return, the application will be
> terminated,
> thus I have no chance to change the startup code in a way to avoid that
> error.
>
> Any suggestions?? The following things I have tried already:
> * shrink the stack size - no effect
> * shrink the number of static text (DGROUP) - no help, could it be that
> there is a treshold for this one??
> * enlarge the heap size at startup - no help
> * replace the _setenvp() function with one that does nothing - no help
> because the error occures before _setenvp() is called in the startup
> code.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> GeH, Germany