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Q74174: Invalid SET TEMP Prevents Operation of Task Swapper

Article: Q74174
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.x,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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If the SET TEMP statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file is invalid, MS-DOS 5.0 Shell
Task Swapper may not function properly. If this is the case, you will observe
the following symptoms:

- When you press CTRL+ESC to return to Shell from an application, the following
  error message may be displayed:

  Your program cannot be swapped out to disk

- An application may not start from Shell. In this event, a blank screen may
  appear for a few moments, followed by a return to Shell.

MORE INFORMATION
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There are two reasons that a SET TEMP statement might be invalid:

- SET TEMP is pointing to a directory that doesn't exist. Common examples of
  this situation include the following:

   - SET TEMP is pointing to a directory on a RAM drive without RAMDRIVE.SYS
     being loaded in the CONFIG.SYS file.

   - The directory referenced by SET TEMP was included in a Stacker incremental
     installation. (Stacker does not re-create empty directories.)

   - The hard drive was repartitioned, and SET TEMP now points to a logical
     drive that no longer exists.

- SET TEMP will be invalid if the SET TEMP command line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT
  file contains a trailing space. For example, the final "P" in the following
  SET TEMP statement should be the last character in the line. If there are any
  blank spaces after the last character, the SET TEMP line is invalid. For
  example:

  set temp=c:\windows\temp


Additional query words: 5.00 5.00a 6.00

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS500a
Version           : MS-DOS:5.x,6.0

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