"and windows is meant to be easier than Linux, even the command line on Linux is easier to use, I remember the old path command had a limit of something like 128 characters is this still the case."
I got curious, and found this: Windows 2000 has a 254 character limit. Windows XP has a 255 character limit. Windows Vista has a 260 character limit. Running getconf ARG_MAX on my Linux box returns 2097152. That explains why I've run up against the limit on my XP machine, but never had trouble in Linux. "Some versions of the Windows shell, I know, require that this kind of thing be put in quotes." C:\Users\MyName>cd "C:\Program Files\LyX 1.6.7\bin" > > This is because of the spaces in the pathname. > I think this correct, but I did verify that on both Windows XP, and Windows 7, it does not complain about spaces in the path. "Unfortunately, I'm not on Windows." Although every OS comes with its own set of pros and cons, I don't think this is really that unfortunate. (I realize I'm taking this out of context, but I couldn't help myself). Jacob
