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The AT command works differently under NT 4.0 than NT 3.51.
John Savill
January 8, 2000
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A. A. To better support long file names the parsing algorithm was changed in NT 4.0 so that only the target file should be surrounded by quotes, for example
Under Windows NT 3.51
C:> at 20:00 "notepad d:documentsbondemaxfactor.txt"
Where as under Windows NT 4.0
C:> at 20:00 notepad "d:documentsbondemaxfactor.txt"
This causing a problem as if you surround the whole command in double quotes, for example a batch file, it will not run correctly.
Support for a registry key has been improved in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 which allows you to force the parse of the AT command to behavior in the same manner as 3.51 and to achieve this perform the following:
Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesSchedule
From the Edit menu select New - Key and enter a name of Parameters and press enter
Move to this new Parameters Key and from the Edit menu select New - DWORD value. Enter a name of UseOldParsing and press enter
Double click on the new value and set to 1
Reboot the machine
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