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Q251399: Visual FoxPro FoxRun.pif Fails with Long File Names in NT/W2K

Article: Q251399
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0b,5.0,5.0a,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbvfp300b kbvfp300bBUG kbvfp500 kbvfp500a kbvfp500aBUG kbvfp600 kbvfp600bug kbXBase kbG
Last Modified: 24-OCT-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0, on platform(s):
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000 
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you try to use the !/Run command in Visual FoxPro on a Windows NT or Windows
2000 computer and the files are in Long File Name format, the execution fails
with the following error:

  To many parameters - Files

This also occurs if a batch file contains a Long File Name.

CAUSE
=====

The FoxRun.pif file points to the wrong file. FoxRun.pif points to Command.com
on NT or Windows 2000. Command.com is not a DOS 7+ version but rather a DOS 6
version, which produces errors with Long File Names. FoxRun.pif should point to
the CMD.exe file.

RESOLUTION
==========

1. Use the Windows Explorer to navigate to the FoxRun.pif file located in the
  Visual FoxPro home directory.

2. Right-click and choose Properties.

3. Select the Program tab.

4. Change the Cmd line from:

Command.com

to:

CMD.exe

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a batch file, such as d:\test.bat.

2. Add the following line to the batch file:

  cd "d:\Program Files"

3. You may replace the preceding directory with any valid Long File Name path.

4. Type the following in the FoxPro Command window:

"RUN d:\test.bat" (without the quotation marks)

When you try to run the batch file from Visual FoxPro, you receive the following
error message because Command.com does not understand the long file name
d:\Program Files:

  To many parameters - Files

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbvfp300b kbvfp300bBUG kbvfp500 kbvfp500a kbvfp500aBUG kbvfp600 kbvfp600bug kbXBase kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0b,5.0,5.0a,6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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