Environment variables used by other OS/2 programs

This section contains some information about undocumented or poorly documented environment variables used by other OS/2 programs.

CSFCDROMDIR=path

Points to the directory with the fixpack (used by SERVICE.EXE)
CSFUTILPATH=path
Points to the directory with the files from the kicker diskettes (used by SERVICE.EXE)
EPFINSTDIR=path
Points to the configuration files for the Software Installer/2 (default is \OS2)
IBMWORKS_INI=path
Points to the path for data files for the PIM from IBM Works
IROPT=options
Undocumented environment variable for Dualstor (IBM) possible values: d: no FIFO, D: use FIFO, x: 0.5 MBit/s, X: 1 MBit/s
NCDEBUG=n
Environment variable needed by Lotus 123 for video and audio playback
REMOTE_INSTALL_STATE=x
Environment variable used for CID installations. Warning: If this variable is defined, all installation programs created with Software Installer/2 will not display!

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