Program Manager Command Line Limited to 80 Characters

Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
Article ID: Q71364

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a

The Program Manager (PROGMAN.EXE) included with Windows 3.0 has an 80-character limit in the Command Line text entry box in the Program Item Properties dialog box. (This dialog box can be accessed by choosing Properties from the File menu.) There is no way to get beyond this limitation. If the pathnames to your programs are very long, you may want to consider placing these pathnames in the AUTOEXEC.BAT or some other batch file that you run before starting Windows. This way, just the executable needs to be on the command line.

NOTE: MS-DOS itself has a limitation of 128 characters on its command line. Additional character length in the Program Manager Command Line field is available in Windows 3.1, which allows up to 128 characters.

KBCategory: kbother kbfixlist
KBSubcategory: win30 win31
Additional reference words: 3.00 win30 windrvr 3.00a 3.10 3.11

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Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
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