Note: Take extreme caution in modifying the system paths. One invalid modification might render your whole system unusable.
Press "Apply" to have the changes you've made written to the CONFIG.SYS file. This will write the changes to all system paths available in the drop-down box, not just the changes of the path that is currently selected. You will have to restart the computer to let the changes take effect. A WPS restart does not suffice.
The "System paths to check" drop-down box offers you a selection of system paths that can be modified using this page. The following system paths are available (additional documentation can be found in the OS/2 Command Reference):
LIBPATH
: the "library" system path, which is searched every time
OS/2 attempts to load a dynamic link library (DLL). This better contain the OS/2 system
directories as well as a dot (".") entry, which stands for the current directory.
See the documentation in the OS/2 Command Reference for details.
Note that this is the only system path which is not defined using an environment
variable and can therefore not be changed from the command line. Use the BEGINLIBPATH
and ENDLIBPATH
variables for temporary changes (which are not supported by this page though).
SET PATH
: the search path for executables (.EXE, .COM, .BAT, .CMD files).
See the documentation in the OS/2 Command Reference for details.
SET DPATH
: the search path for data files. The use of this search
path is dependent on the applications; some applications use this, others don't.
See the documentation in the OS/2 Command Reference for details.
SET BOOKSHELF
: this is evaluated by VIEW.EXE
to find
online .INF books. Even though any INF book can be displayed, even if it's not on this
search path, the "Find" facility of VIEW.EXE
will only find items in books
which reside on this path.
SET HELP
: this is evaluated by the PM help facility to display
help panels (.HLP files). Some applications do not specify the full path of help files
to PM in order to display help panels, which requires the help file to reside on this
path. &xwp; does not require such an entry though.
The "Select invalid" which select all path entries that are not
valid directories on your system. You can then press "Delete" afterwards
to have these entries removed.